Fix build errors

Author: Simon Lammer

Diff for: divide_and_conquer/convex_hull.py

@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self.x)
 
 
-def _construct_points(list_of_tuples: Union[List[Point], List[List[float]], Iterable[List[float]]]) -> List[Point]:
+def _construct_points(
+    list_of_tuples: Union[List[Point], List[List[float]], Iterable[List[float]]]
+) -> List[Point]:
     """
     constructs a list of points from an array-like object of numbers
 
@@ -111,19 +113,18 @@ def _construct_points(list_of_tuples: Union[List[Point], List[List[float]], Iter
     []
     """
 
-    points = []
-    if list_of_tuples:
-        for p in list_of_tuples:
-            if isinstance(p, Point):
-                points.append(p)
-            else:
-                try:
-                    points.append(Point(p[0], p[1]))
-                except (IndexError, TypeError):
-                    print(
-                        f"Ignoring deformed point {p}. All points"
-                        " must have at least 2 coordinates."
-                    )
+    points: List[Point] = []
+    for p in list_of_tuples:
+        if isinstance(p, Point):
+            points.append(p)
+        else:
+            try:
+                points.append(Point(p[0], p[1]))
+            except (IndexError, TypeError):
+                print(
+                    f"Ignoring deformed point {p}. All points"
+                    " must have at least 2 coordinates."
+                )
     return points
 
 
@@ -169,10 +170,15 @@ def _validate_input(points: Union[List[Point], List[List[float]]]) -> List[Point
     ValueError: Expecting an iterable object but got an non-iterable type 1
     """
 
+    if not hasattr(points, "__iter__"):
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Expecting an iterable object but got an non-iterable type {points}"
+        )
+
     if not points:
         raise ValueError(f"Expecting a list of points but got {points}")
 
-    return  _construct_points(points)
+    return _construct_points(points)
 
 
 def _det(a: Point, b: Point, c: Point) -> float: