[issue43378] Pattern Matching section in tutorial refers to | as or

[Luciano Ramalho]

New submission from Luciano Ramalho <luciano at ramalho.org>:

Section 4.6. "match Statements" of the Python 3.10 tutorial says:

"""
You can combine several literals in a single pattern using | (“or”):
"""

For someone just learning Python, this may suggest that | is always "or", when in fact it is a bitwise operator (that may be overloaded), but inside a match clause has this special meaning without any overloading. 

I believe this exception should be made explicit in section 4.6, otherwise it may lead readers of the tutorial to a misconception.

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assignee:  -> docs at python
components: +Documentation
nosy: +docs at python
title: Pattern Matching section in tutorial refers to | as -> Pattern Matching section in tutorial refers to | as or
type:  -> enhancement
versions: +Python 3.10

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