Addressables fails to load asset if name contains "[ ]"

What it says in the title. Addressables 1.6.2 fails to load an asset if the asset name (not the path) contains any instance of either bracket.

I have an otherwise empty project with a default sphere made into a prefab, and a script to import an asset reference on start.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class TestImport : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.     public AssetReference     assetRef;
4.     public GameObject        test;
5.  
6.     void Start()
7.     {
8.         assetRef.LoadAssetAsync<GameObject>().Completed += handle => test = handle.Result;
9.     }
10. }

If I start the game with this setup, the asset loads into the field fine.


However, if I rename the asset to this:


I get these errors: https://pastebin.com/kUzjPK0J

Can anyone else reproduce this issue? I assume this is a bug but I want to make sure before I file a bug report that there's nothing I'm obviously doing wrong or any documentation that I've missed that explains why this would happen.

(This is on 2019.3.0f6)

 

Thanks for your reply. Please do find the time to update the docs explaining this naming convention edge case. I'm having some difficulty understanding why the system was designed to have this naming limitation, though I'm sure there was at least one good reason.