Class ParseError

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exceptions.BaseException --+                
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        exceptions.Exception --+            
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        exceptions.StandardError --+        
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              exceptions.SyntaxError --+    
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                          ConfigObjError --+
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                                          ParseError

This error indicates that a line is badly written. It is neither a valid ``key = value`` line, nor a valid section marker line.