I would like to accept 2d points provided on the command line or read from a file. Example command line input: ( 4,-1),(0, 0) , (3,3) example CSV file 4, -1 0,0 3 ,3 I.e. "comma outside braces" and "newline" are the two possible separators. I can see 3 roads ahead: re(not sure if even possible if number of provided points is unknown) some magic from python's legendary "batteries"(module csv seems a bit overengineered for such a simple use case, is that true?) the C way - feed the string to a state machine entirely separate handling for the two formats. It's mostly a conceptual question so any criticism a la "this is a dumb question" or "this is an AB question" is welcome more than code. Continue reading...
