Example of a primitive queue in python

python-queue.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Very basic FILO queue in python
#
# BUG: get_item() has no ACK method so if the item that is getted fails it's
# gone

list = []

def add_item(content):
    """Append to the end of the list."""
    global list
    list.append(content)

def get_item ():
    """Get the first item (and thus the oldest) in list."""
    global list
    return list.pop(0)

add_item(['this', 'array', 'is', 'one', 'item'])
print get_item()
add_item('item 1')
add_item('item 2')
print get_item()
add_item('item 3')
add_item('item 4')
print get_item()
add_item('item 5')
add_item('item 6')
add_item('item 7')
print get_item()
print get_item()
print list