IDCS4: Naming PDF Presets - you've got to laugh

I wanted to create a new preset based on "[PDF/X-1a:2001]" and called "PDF/X-1a:2001 (bleed)" however when saving the new preset the following error is displayed:
b Adobe PDF Preset names cannot include these characters: / \ ? | * : " < > [ ]
Err, hello? All of the built-in preset names contain at least two of those characters!
Cheers,
Graham.

Those characters all have special meanings in programming and scripting languages, so I'm guessing using one in a preset string would wreak havoc. In the case of the built in presets, I'll bet the actual name string is not used.
Open a settings file in a text editor and you'll see the potential problem:
Library>Application Support>Adobe>Adobe PDF>Settings

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[email protected]

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Bummer. I kinda had a hunch at this inDesign limitation.
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Am I correct in assuming that these few lines of code replace all of the lines that I posted above?
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