Python code for look-and-say walk

def looksay(l):
    out = []
    last = None
    while l:
        x = l.pop(0)
        if x == last:
            out[-2] += 1
        else:
            out.append(1)
            out.append(x)
        last = x
    return out

def walk(l):
    out = []
    pos = (0,0)
    dir = 0
    while l:
        x = l.pop(0)
        if x == 1:
            dir = (dir - 1) % 4
        elif x == 2:
            dir = (dir + 1) % 4
        if dir == 0:
            pos = (pos[0], pos[1] + 1)
        elif dir == 1:
            pos = (pos[0] + 1, pos[1])
        elif dir == 2:
            pos = (pos[0], pos[1] - 1)
        elif dir == 3:
            pos = (pos[0] - 1, pos[1])
        else:
            print "error"
        out.append(pos)
    return out

def plotwalk(l):
    size = 1500
    scene = svg.Scene('looksaywalk', size, size)
    scalefactor = 2
    last = l.pop(0)
    origin = (size/2, size/2)
    while l:
        curr = l.pop(0)
        scene.add(svg.Line((scalefactor * last[0] + origin[0], scalefactor * last[1] + origin[1]), 
                           (scalefactor * curr[0] + origin[0], scalefactor * curr[1] + origin[1])))
        last = curr
    scene.write_svg()
    scene.display()

l = [1]
for x in xrange(36):
    l = looksay(l)

w = walk(l)
plotwalk(w)