bool v. int distinctions

[Lee Harr]

Hi;

I am wondering if this is a reasonable thing to do:


class Pinger:
    def go(self, repeat=False):
        if repeat is True:
            repeat = -1
        elif repeat is False:
            repeat = 1
        self.repeat = repeat
        self.ping()

    def ping(self):
        while self.repeat:
            print 'ping!'
            if self.repeat > 0:
                self.repeat -= 1



Won't work with 2.1, clearly, but it seems ok in a
recent 2.2 or in 2.3.

I guess my only qualm is that

p = Pinger()
p.go(repeat=0)

may be a bit confusing, since it will not ping at all...

What do you think?