django - catch multiple exceptions
When you have this in your code:
except Forum.DoesNotExist or IndexError:
It's actually evaluated as this:
except (Forum.DoesNotExist or IndexError):
where the bit in parentheses is an evaluated expression. Since or
returns the first of its arguments if it's truthy (which a class is), that's actually equivalent to merely:
except Forum.DoesNotExist:
If you want to actually catch multiple different types of exceptions, you'd instead use a tuple:
except (Forum.DoesNotExist, IndexError):