gistfile1.py

# The long, slightly incorrect method...
def looper(count, depth, *args):                   
    """                                                    
    No this does not allow you to go back in time          
                                                           
    @param count: number of iterations per loop            
    @param depth: number of loops                                           
    """                                                                     
    for i in range(count):                                                  
        if depth > 0:                                                       
            args += (i + 1,)                                                
            looper(count, depth - 1, *args)                                 
        else:                                                               
            # Do something with all the args passed thus far                         
            print args                                                      
                                                                            
looper(2, 2)

# Here follows the _correct_ way to do this, as presented by Tom Dalton on the mailing list
import itertools

for i in itertools.product(range(10), repeat=10):
    print i