Transmuted boolean fails comparison with untyped boolean

[davysson]

Context

From my understanding, when transmuting a value to a bool the behavior should be similar to C where zero is considered false and anything else is considered true. The problem arises when trying to transmute a value that is neither zero nor one. While there is no error, the resulting boolean is never equal to the untyped boolean "true".

• Operating System & Odin Version:

Odin:    dev-2025-01-nightly
OS:      Bazzite 41 (FROM Fedora Silverblue), Linux 6.12.12-203.bazzite.fc41.x86_64
CPU:     AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor
RAM:     31986 MiB
Backend: LLVM 18.1.6

Expected Behavior

Transmuted boolean should be equal to untyped boolean "true".

Current Behavior

The comparison returns "false".

Failure Information (for bugs)

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Steps to Reproduce

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package main

import "core:fmt"

main :: proc() {

	bool_1_transmuted := transmute(bool)u8(1)
	bool_2_transmuted := transmute(bool)u8(2)

	fmt.println(bool_1_transmuted, bool_1_transmuted == true) // prints: true true
	fmt.println(bool_2_transmuted, bool_2_transmuted == true) // prints: true false but should print true true
	assert(bool_1_transmuted) // true
	assert(bool_1_transmuted == true) // true
	assert(bool_2_transmuted) // true
	assert(bool_2_transmuted == true) // false but should be  true
}