[ruby-core:115530] [Ruby master Bug#20026] Ruby doesn't throw a syntax error when rescuing with ||

29 Nov 2023

      Issue #20026 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada).

You may want to write:

```ruby
begin
  raise FooError
rescue FooError, BarError => e
  puts "rescued #{e.class}"
end
```

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Bug #20026: Ruby doesn't throw a syntax error when rescuing with ||
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20026#change-105462

* Author: arian (Arian Faurtosh)
* Status: Rejected
* Priority: Normal
* ruby -v: ruby 3.2.0 (2022-12-25 revision a528908271) [arm64-darwin23]
* Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN
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We had a coworker new to ruby try an interesting syntax for rescue that doesn't result in a syntax error, and works partially.

Why does ruby allow the logical OR || operator, is there a purpose for this? If not this feels like it should be a syntax error, instead of resulting in partially working code.

``` ruby
class FooError < StandardError; end
class BarError < StandardError; end

# works
begin
  raise FooError
rescue FooError || BarError => e
  puts "rescued #{e.class}"
end

# doesn't work
begin
  raise FooError
rescue FooError || BarError => e
  puts "rescued #{e.class}"
end
```

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