common_conv: Parse comma and space separated numbers

* src/bin/common_conv.cc, src/bin/common_conv.hh: Here.

src/bin/common_conv.cc

@@ -80,3 +80,21 @@ read_automaton(const char* filename, spot::bdd_dict_ptr& dict)
     error(2, 0, "failed to read automaton from %s", filename);
   return std::move(p->aut);
 }
+
+std::vector<long>
+to_longs(const char* arg)
+{
+  std::vector<long> res;
+  while (*arg)
+    {
+      char* endptr;
+      long value = strtol(arg, &endptr, 10);
+      if (endptr == arg)
+        error(2, 0, "failed to parse '%s' as an integer.", arg);
+      res.push_back(value);
+      while (*endptr == ' ' || *endptr == ',')
+        ++endptr;
+      arg = endptr;
+    }
+  return res;
+}

src/bin/common_conv.hh

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ unsigned to_unsigned (const char *s);
 float to_float(const char* s);
 float to_probability(const char* s);
 
+// Parse the comma or space seperate string of numbers.
+std::vector<long> to_longs(const char* s);
+
 spot::tgba_digraph_ptr
 read_automaton(const char* filename, spot::bdd_dict_ptr& dict);