[Tutor] file.write() blocking

[Jonathan Hayward]

    def save_entry(self, text, filename):
        debug_log("Reached 1")
        debug_log(DOCUMENT_ROOT + "entries/" + filename)
        output_file = file(DOCUMENT_ROOT + "entries/" + filename, "w")
        debug_log("Reached 2")
        #debug_log(text)
        file.write("")
        debug_log("Reached 2.5")
        file.write(text)
        debug_log("Reached 3")
        file.close()
        debug_log("Reached 4")

When I get to this point in my code, it prints, "Reached 2" and hangs on 
file.write(""). The output directory has a zero-byte file created. When 
I try analogous test code from Python interactively, it works; does 
anyone see the glitch in this? (The text is a small webpage.)

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