compile / exec

[eric wilson]

hi -
i am new to python and i'm trying to use the compile / exec feature for
speeding up a loop.  i'm using python v2.0 with pythonwin.  i don't
understand why this doesn't work....
thanks in advance for the help.
//eric

the code snippet looks like this:
    exec_code = compile("""
    for eachLine in map(strip, allLines):
        mySequence = split('\s\s+|\t', eachLine)
        foundFields = str(gm2local(DateTimeFromString(mySequence[0])))[:-3]
+ '\t' + mySequence[1]+ '\t' + mySequence[4]+ '\t' + mySequence[5]+ '\t' +
mySequence[9]+ '\t' + mySequence[16] + '\n'
        fw.write(foundFields)
        count = count + 1
    """, '', 'exec')
    exec exec_code

the error message that i get when this piece of code runs is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python20\Pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 301, in
RunScript
    exec codeObject in __main__.__dict__
  File "E:\W2\pytest\logman.py", line 114, in ?
    checkArgs()
  File "E:\W2\pytest\logman.py", line 110, in checkArgs
    parmFind(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
  File "E:\W2\pytest\logman.py", line 55, in parmFindRAM
    exec_code = compile("""
  File "<string>", line 2
     for eachLine in map(strip, allLines):
     ^
 SyntaxError: invalid syntax