gcount = 0

def global_test():
    print (gcount)
    
def global_counter():
    global gcount
    gcount +=1
    return gcount
    
def global_counter_test():
    print(global_counter())
    print(global_counter())
    print(global_counter())

def make_counter():
    count = 0
    def counter():
        nonlocal count
        count += 1
        return count
    return counter
    
def make_counter_test():
  mc = make_counter()
  print(mc())
  print(mc())
  print(mc())

def counter_generator():
    count = 0
    while True:
        count += 1
        yield count
    
def counter_generator_test():
  # below is for python 3.x and works well
  citer = counter_generator().__iter__()
  i = 0
  while(i < 3) : 
    print(citer.__next__())
    i+=1
  
def counter_generator_test2():  
  #below code don't work
  #because next() function still suspends and cannot exit
  #it seems the iterator is generated every time.
  j = 0
  for iter in counter_generator():
    while(j < 3) : 
      print(iter)
      j+=1