FunctionTimedOut inherits TimeoutError

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* 4.3.6 - unreleased
+
+- FunctionTimedOut inherits TimeoutError instead of BaseException
 
 * 4.3.5 - Aug 19 2019
 

README.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This is the function wherein you pass the timeout, the function you want to call
 **Example**
 
 
-So, for esxample, if you have a function "doit('arg1', 'arg2')" that you want to limit to running for 5 seconds, with func\_timeout you can call it like this:
+So, for example, if you have a function "doit('arg1', 'arg2')" that you want to limit to running for 5 seconds, with func\_timeout you can call it like this:
 
 
 	from func_timeout import func_timeout, FunctionTimedOut

README.rst

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ This is the function wherein you pass the timeout, the function you want to call
 **Example**
 
 
-So, for esxample, if you have a function "doit('arg1', 'arg2')" that you want to limit to running for 5 seconds, with func\_timeout you can call it like this:
+So, for example, if you have a function "doit('arg1', 'arg2')" that you want to limit to running for 5 seconds, with func\_timeout you can call it like this:
 
 
 	from func\_timeout import func\_timeout, FunctionTimedOut

func_timeout/exceptions.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __all__ = ('FunctionTimedOut', 'RETRY_SAME_TIMEOUT')
 
 RETRY_SAME_TIMEOUT = 'RETRY_SAME_TIMEOUT'
 
-class FunctionTimedOut(BaseException):
+class FunctionTimedOut(TimeoutError):
     '''
         FunctionTimedOut - Exception raised when a function times out
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class FunctionTimedOut(BaseException):
         if not msg:
             msg = self.getMsg()
 
-        BaseException.__init__(self, msg)
+        TimeoutError.__init__(self, msg)
 
         self.msg = msg