--- C:/Python27/Lib/ConfigParser.py.bak	Thu May 07 17:38:31 2015
+++ C:/Python27/Lib/ConfigParser.py	Thu May 07 17:39:02 2015
@@ -541,9 +541,6 @@
                         if not e:
                             e = ParsingError(fpname)
                         e.append(lineno, repr(line))
-        # if any parsing errors occurred, raise an exception
-        if e:
-            raise e
 
         # join the multi-line values collected while reading
         all_sections = [self._defaults]
@@ -552,6 +549,10 @@
             for name, val in options.items():
                 if isinstance(val, list):
                     options[name] = '\n'.join(val)
+
+        # if any parsing errors occurred, raise an exception
+        if e:
+            raise e
 
 import UserDict as _UserDict