machine control script ( parameterless method? )

Bluexcell wrote:

> Assuming your machine program is not hard wired..then the user is using some> form of GUI or other interface to alter the parameters for control, why not use> a Tkinter GUI to create the program I/O interface.. the checks and safeguards> for  for incorrect entry are hidden and the user is more inclined to enter the> right data in the right place?

i was thinking of using a text control for the user to edit an action script, 
( thsts why im thinking of python.) v.v.little code, v.flexible ( i don't have 
to worry about malicious user) that's why the question is actually only about 
getting rid of the brackets.