Frame Names vs. Table Names

Frame names can contain white space.

Table names to not allow whitespace.

This, IMNSHO, is annoying. Is there a reason for this distinction?
Does anyone know of an open bug report relating to this issue?

+1

This is an inconsistency. I'd add that image and section naming should be consistent with frame and table naming as well.

Was a proper bug ever filed for this issue?

I could not find one that looked like it, so I created
  <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71261>