import sys sys.path.insert( 0, 'pyds%d%d' % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1]) ) import pycxx_iter IT=pycxx_iter.IterT(5,7) for i in IT: print i, IT print "refcount of IT:",sys.getrefcount(IT) for i in IT.reversed(): print i print "refcount of IT:",sys.getrefcount(IT)