Simple Progress Bar for Console Applications

SimpleProgress.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import StringIO

class SimpleProgress():
    def __init__(self, message, max):
        self.message = message
        self.max = max
        self.current = 0
        self.out = sys.stdout
        self.stringIoBuffer = StringIO.StringIO()
        sys.stdout = self.stringIoBuffer
        self.reprint()
        
    def __del__(self):
        self.out.write("\r" + " "*40 + "\r") #TODO: Refactor
        self.out.write(self.stringIoBuffer.getvalue())
        sys.stdout = self.out

    def step(self):
        self.current += 1
        self.reprint()

    def reprint(self):
        self.out.write("\r{0} {1} of {2}".format(self.message, self.current, self.max))  

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import time
    r = 10
    progress = SimpleProgress("Progress", r)
    for i in range(r):
        progress.step()
        time.sleep(1)