php 7.1 multiple exceptions using the pipe (|) character

[amir-khoshbakht]

The behavior of the software is unexpected when I use several different types of Exceptions by pipe.

class FirstException extends Exception
{

}
class SecondException extends Exception
{

}

        $a = new Deferred();
        $a->reject(new Exception('test'));

        $a->promise()
            // this will cause TypeError
            ->otherwise(function (FirstException|SecondException $exception) {
               // no exception here
            })
            ->otherwise(function (Exception $exception) {
                // also no exception here
            })
            ->otherwise(function ($exception) {
                // type error exception occurs here
            });

the situation get worse when developer don't use :
error_reporting(error_reporting() & ~E_DEPRECATED);
PHP 8.0.11

[amir-khoshbakht]

it seems it is addressed here: #198 and here: #181