[Zope] Python Generators and Zope question

[Palermo, Tom]

All,
 
I have a site that uses CookieCrumbler for user login. I need to track how
many incorrect login attempts a user makes. I am trying to use a python
generator to do this but it makes Zope hang when I try to do an invalid
login (eg. no password or incorrect password). Here's a snippet:
 
 def make_counter(x):
        while 1:
            yield x
            x = x + 1
 
    counter = make_counter(1)
 
    security.declarePublic('getUnauthorizedURL')
    def getUnauthorizedURL(self):
        '''
        Redirects to the login page.
        '''
        req = self.REQUEST
        resp = req['RESPONSE']
        attempt = getattr(req, '_cookie_auth', ATTEMPT_NONE)
        if attempt == ATTEMPT_NONE:
            # An anonymous user was denied access to something.
            page_id = self.auto_login_page
            retry = ''
        elif attempt == ATTEMPT_LOGIN:
            # The login attempt failed.  Try again.
            page_id = self.auto_login_page
            #retry = '1'
            retry = counter.next()
 
I added the make_counter function. It seems the culprit is the retry =
counter.next() bit. I tried doing this same thing with the make_counter
function in an External method and then calling it from a python script like
so:
counter = context.make_counter(1)
return counter.next()
 
In that case, an unauthorized exception is raised complaining about next. I
can however, just return the counter which gives me <generator object at
0xb48d56cc>. Am I calling the next method incorrectly or is there something
else I'm missing or being dumb about?
 
Thanks,
Tom Palermo
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