Sticks lamps on verts of a mesh object. Kind of a silly project, actually.

lamps_on_verts.py

import bpy

# lamps_on_verts.py
# desc: throws a point lamp on every vert of a selected object.
class LampVertOperator(bpy.types.Operator):
    '''Tooltip'''
    bl_idname = "object.lamp_vert_operator"
    bl_label = "Lamp on Verts Operator"


    @classmethod
    def poll(cls, context):
        return context.active_object is not None


    def execute(self, context):
        scn = context.scene
        
        verts = bpy.context.active_object.data.vertices
        for i, vert in enumerate(verts):
            lamp_name = "lamp%s"%str(i)
            lamp = bpy.data.lamps.new(lamp_name, type="POINT")
            ob = bpy.data.objects.new(lamp_name, lamp)
            scn.objects.link(ob)
            ob.location = vert.co
            
        return {'FINISHED'}


def register():
    bpy.utils.register_class(LampVertOperator)


def unregister():
    bpy.utils.unregister_class(LampVertOperator)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    register()