gistfile1.py

import sys, time
sys.setrecursionlimit(10) 

def gen1():
  count = 0
  while True:
    count = count + 1
    print count
    if count > 10:
      return
    if count == 5:
      print 'raise!'
      raise Exception
 
    yield count
 
counter = gen1()

def iterate(counter):
  try:
    count = counter.next()
  except Exception:
    print 'except'
    time.sleep(1.0)
    return iterate(counter)

  print count
  return iterate(counter)
  
iterate(counter)