"JPMS: Modules in the Java Language and JVM" at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jigsaw/spec/lang-vm.html#jigsaw-2.6 says that a module name can contain almost any character. If this is indeed the case then it is going to make the development of scripting languages that specify module names quite complicated.
Would it be too big a compromise to specify that a module name must not contain 1) double quotes, 2) single quotes, 3) spaces, 4) forward slashes or 5) asterixes? Put another way, what advantage is there in allowing a module name to start with or contain a double quote or space etc? Taking a step backwards, would it be too much of a compromise to specify that module names should only contain characters that are valid in a Java class name perhaps with the exception of a few special characters?
