Structure of MULTIPOINT geometry type in the console output about geocompr HOT 6 CLOSED

Seems both are allowed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text_representation_of_geometry#Geometric_objects

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I've never thought about the distinction between

MULTIPOINT ((5 2), (1 3), (3 4), (3 2))

and

MULTIPOINT (5 2, 1 3, 3 4, 3 2)

Thoughts @Nowosad or anyone else reading this?

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It's not an important issue, but I was thinking that the parentheses are a visual cue that the coordinates are stand-alone points and not points that are connected, as they are in a LINESTRING.

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Interesting. It seems that both are possible, but I do not know why -- see https://r.geocompx.org/spatial-class#sfg:

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I think the Simple Features spec is for the option without nested brackets. Bug/quirk in sf?

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👍🏻 good investigative work

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