Pattern for permutations?

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1018131433.4336.python-list at python.org>,
Tim Churches  <tchur at optushome.com.au> wrote:
>
>I want to define a function which takes as its argument a
>list which contains one or more sequences, and then does stuff
>with every permutation of the elements of those sequences. For
>example, a function which works for a list containing three
>sequences:
>  [...]
>Is there a better way?

Recursion.  In Python 2.2, implemented with generators.
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