Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How about (untested): > > import Queue > counter = Queue.Queue() > counter.put(0) > def f(): > i = counter.get() > counter.put(i+1) > return i
Hmmm, that's a bit messier than I hoped for, but it looks sure to work. I think for my immediate requirement, I'm going to use xrange as Tim suggested. However, I can't be sure that will work in non-GIL implementations. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list