diff -r 6952c14a3f75 Lib/configparser.py
--- a/Lib/configparser.py	Fri Nov 08 21:08:46 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/configparser.py	Sun Nov 10 09:01:46 2013 +0200
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
                     v = map[var]
                 except KeyError:
                     raise InterpolationMissingOptionError(
-                        option, section, rest, var)
+                        option, section, rest, var) from None
                 if "%" in v:
                     self._interpolate_some(parser, option, accum, v,
                                            section, map, depth + 1)
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
                             "More than one ':' found: %r" % (rest,))
                 except (KeyError, NoSectionError, NoOptionError):
                     raise InterpolationMissingOptionError(
-                        option, section, rest, ":".join(path))
+                        option, section, rest, ":".join(path)) from None
                 if "$" in v:
                     self._interpolate_some(parser, opt, accum, v, sect,
                                            dict(parser.items(sect, raw=True)),
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
                     value = value % vars
                 except KeyError as e:
                     raise InterpolationMissingOptionError(
-                        option, section, rawval, e.args[0])
+                        option, section, rawval, e.args[0]) from None
             else:
                 break
         if value and "%(" in value:
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
         try:
             opts = self._sections[section].copy()
         except KeyError:
-            raise NoSectionError(section)
+            raise NoSectionError(section) from None
         opts.update(self._defaults)
         return list(opts.keys())
 
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@
             try:
                 sectdict = self._sections[section]
             except KeyError:
-                raise NoSectionError(section)
+                raise NoSectionError(section) from None
         sectdict[self.optionxform(option)] = value
 
     def write(self, fp, space_around_delimiters=True):
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
             try:
                 sectdict = self._sections[section]
             except KeyError:
-                raise NoSectionError(section)
+                raise NoSectionError(section) from None
         option = self.optionxform(option)
         existed = option in sectdict
         if existed:
diff -r 6952c14a3f75 Lib/test/test_configparser.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_configparser.py	Fri Nov 08 21:08:46 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_configparser.py	Sun Nov 10 09:01:46 2013 +0200
@@ -1764,6 +1764,58 @@
         self.assertEqual(s['k2'], 'v2')
         self.assertEqual(s['k3'], 'v3;#//still v3# and still v3')
 
+class ExceptionContextTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """ Test that implementation details doesn't leak
+    through raising exceptions. """
+
+    def test_get_basic_interpolation(self):
+        parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        parser.read_string("""
+        [Paths]
+        home_dir: /Users
+        my_dir: %(home_dir1)s/lumberjack
+        my_pictures: %(my_dir)s/Pictures
+        """)        
+        with self.assertRaises(
+           configparser.InterpolationMissingOptionError) as cm:
+            parser.get('Paths', 'my_dir')
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.__suppress_context__, True)
+
+    def test_get_extended_interpolation(self):
+        parser = configparser.ConfigParser(
+          interpolation=configparser.ExtendedInterpolation())
+        parser.read_string("""
+        [Paths]
+        home_dir: /Users
+        my_dir: ${home_dir1}/lumberjack
+        my_pictures: ${my_dir}/Pictures
+        """)
+        with self.assertRaises(
+           configparser.InterpolationMissingOptionError) as cm:
+            parser.get('Paths', 'my_dir')
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.__suppress_context__, True)
+
+    def test_missing_options(self):
+        parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        parser.read_string("""
+        [Paths]
+        home_dir: /Users
+        """)
+        with self.assertRaises(configparser.NoSectionError) as cm:
+            parser.options('test')
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.__suppress_context__, True)
+
+    def test_missing_section(self):
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        with self.assertRaises(configparser.NoSectionError) as cm:
+            config.set('Section1', 'an_int', '15')
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.__suppress_context__, True)
+
+    def test_remove_option(self):
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        with self.assertRaises(configparser.NoSectionError) as cm:
+            config.remove_option('Section1', 'an_int')
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.__suppress_context__, True)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()