shameful python

shame.py

def foo():
    # i am awful for doing this.
    # this function has a nested function, which can not accept arguments
    # the inner function will be called twice by a 3rd party library

    iteration = [0, ]  # use a list as a shameful hack to get around scoping issues
    
    def bar():
        iteration[0] += 1  # increment the list index, use that for comparison
        if iteration[0] > 1:
            print "iteration[0] > 1"
        else:
            print "! first run"
    
    bar()
    bar()
    bar()
    bar()
    
foo()