iterating over each char in the file in a more pythonic way, though still not happy with retaining all of the branches from the C version
iterating over each char in the file in a more pythonic way, though still not happy with retaining all of the branches from the C version

meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand,meatballhat/box-o-sand