Méta-MCI wrote: > If the iterator is extern (to the function), it's like decorator, > or global var.
Please excuse me, I don't understand your point. I'm not even sure if both of us speak of the same iterators. > If it is internal, it's huge, compare to this.count=this.count+1 > (or this.count+=1) In which way huge? If you want top notch performance you should use a C extension anyway ... Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #339: manager in the cable duct -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list