searcher.search(qry) getting stuck

[prasenjit mukherjee]

I am using Whoosh in a singlethreaded python programe with the following sequence : 

0. writer = create_in(indexdir, schema).writer()

1.  for line in sys.stdin:

        do some processing and writer.add_document()

2. writer.commit()

3. searcher = open_dir(indexdir) 

4. for item in some_list:

         print "before"

         seacher.search(query)

         print "after"

It is getting stuck at searcher.search() every time exactly at the same query.  I can see "before" but cant see "after" print statements. 

Any help is greatly appreciated. 

Thanks,

Prasenjit