Except multiple types of exceptions with OR keyword is not working

[ShlomiRex]

BPO	45153
Nosy	@serhiy-storchaka, @ShlomiRex

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labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', 'invalid', '3.9']
title = 'Except multiple types of exceptions with OR keyword is not working'
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[ShlomiRex]

When I want to catch multiple types of exceptions naturally 'OR' keyword is used. But it doesn't work. The interpreter doesn't show any error for the syntax, so developer may think it would work.

Small example:

try:
myfunc()
except ConnectionResetError or ConnectionAbortedError:
print("foo")
except Exception as e:
print("bar")

When myfunc() throws 'ConnectionAbortedError' the interpreter enters "bar" block, and not "foo" block.

[serhiy-storchaka]

Expression A or B gets you A if A is true.

If you want to catch several types of exception by one "except", use except with a tuple:

    except (ConnectionResetError, ConnectionAbortedError):