def instticks(self, kind, inst):
        """Return a two-item tuple; first item contains counter names,
        second contains a sequence of sequences containing values per tick"""
        counter_names = self._results[kind][inst].keys()
        ticks = izip(*[self._results[kind][inst][counter_name]
                       for counter_name in counter_names])
        return (counter_names, ticks)
Return a two-item tuple; first item contains counter names,
        second contains a sequence of sequences containing values per tick
recipes/Python/303338_Helper_subclass/recipe-303338.py