Boolean Marshalling with LayoutKind.Explicit. Doesn't this work or work the way it was designed?

Question

First of all, the Boolean type has the default marshal type of a four-byte value. Thus, the following code works:

    struct A 
    { 
        public bool bValue1; 
        public int iValue2; 
    }
    struct B 
    { 
        public int iValue1;
        public bool bValue2; 
    }
    public static void Main()
    {
        int[] rawvalues = new int[] { 2, 4 };

        A a = (A)Marshal.PtrToStructure(GCHandle.Alloc(rawvalues, GCHandleType.Pinned).AddrOfPinnedObject(), typeof(A));
        Assert.IsTrue(a.bValue1 == true);
        Assert.IsTrue(a.iValue2 == 4);
        B b = (B)Marshal.PtrToStructure(GCHandle.Alloc(rawvalues, GCHandleType.Pinned).AddrOfPinnedObject(), typeof(B));
        Assert.IsTrue(b.iValue1 == 2);
        Assert.IsTrue(b.bValue2 == true);
    }

Clearly, these structures marshal independently just fine. Values ​​are recalculated as expected. However, when we combine these structures into a "union", declaring LayoutKind.Explicit as follows:

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
    struct Broken
    {
        [FieldOffset(0)]
        public A a;
        [FieldOffset(0)]
        public B b;
    }

We suddenly find ourselves unable to marshal these types correctly. Here is the test code for the above structure and how it fails:

        int[] rawvalues = new int[] { 2, 4 };
        Broken broken = (Broken)Marshal.PtrToStructure(GCHandle.Alloc(rawvalues, GCHandleType.Pinned).AddrOfPinnedObject(), typeof(Broken));

        Assert.IsTrue(broken.a.bValue1 != false);// pass, not false
        Assert.IsTrue(broken.a.bValue1 == true);// pass, must be true?
        Assert.IsTrue(true.Equals(broken.a.bValue1));// FAILS, WOW, WTF?
        Assert.IsTrue(broken.a.iValue2 == 4);// FAILS, a.iValue1 == 1, What happened to 4?
        Assert.IsTrue(broken.b.iValue1 == 2);// pass
        Assert.IsTrue(broken.b.bValue2 == true);// pass

It is very humorous to see that this expression is true: (a.bValue1! = False && aValue1 == true &! True.Equals (a.bValue1))

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    struct A 
    { 
        private uint _bValue1;
        public bool bValue1 { get { return _bValue1 != 0; } } 
        public int iValue2; 
    }
    struct B 
    { 
        public int iValue1;
        private uint _bValue2;
        public bool bValue2 { get { return _bValue2 != 0; } } 
    }

Answer 1

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• A: 1, 4
• B: 2, 1
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• Broken2: 1, 4

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Answer 2

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IL_007e:  ldc.i4.1
IL_007f:  ldloca.s 3
IL_0081:  ldflda valuetype Test/A Test/Broken::a
IL_0086:  ldfld bool Test/A::bValue1
IL_008b:  ceq

ceq 1 bValue, 2.

, if (broken.a.bValue1) 'true', .

(broken.a.iValue2 == 4), , :

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Answer 3

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    struct C
    {
        public int iValue1;
        public int iValue2;
    }

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[Serializable]
[ComVisible(true)]
public struct BOOL : IComparable, IConvertible, IComparable<BOOL>, IEquatable<BOOL>, IComparable<bool>, IEquatable<bool>
{
    private uint _data;

    public BOOL(bool value) { _data = value ? 1u : 0u; }
    public BOOL(int value) { _data = unchecked((uint)value); }
    public BOOL(uint value) { _data = value; }

    private bool Value { get { return _data != 0; } }
    private IConvertible Convertible { get { return _data != 0; } }

    #region IComparable Members
    public int CompareTo(object obj) { return Value.CompareTo(obj); }
    #endregion
    #region IConvertible Members
    public TypeCode GetTypeCode() { return Value.GetTypeCode(); }
    public string ToString(IFormatProvider provider) { return Value.ToString(provider); }
    bool IConvertible.ToBoolean(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToBoolean(provider); }
    byte IConvertible.ToByte(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToByte(provider); }
    char IConvertible.ToChar(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToChar(provider); }
    DateTime IConvertible.ToDateTime(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToDateTime(provider); }
    decimal IConvertible.ToDecimal(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToDecimal(provider); }
    double IConvertible.ToDouble(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToDouble(provider); }
    short IConvertible.ToInt16(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToInt16(provider); }
    int IConvertible.ToInt32(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToInt32(provider); }
    long IConvertible.ToInt64(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToInt64(provider); }
    sbyte IConvertible.ToSByte(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToSByte(provider); }
    float IConvertible.ToSingle(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToSingle(provider); }
    ushort IConvertible.ToUInt16(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToUInt16(provider); }
    uint IConvertible.ToUInt32(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToUInt32(provider); }
    ulong IConvertible.ToUInt64(IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToUInt64(provider); }
    object IConvertible.ToType(Type conversionType, IFormatProvider provider) { return Convertible.ToType(conversionType, provider); }
    #endregion
    #region IComparable<bool> Members
    public int CompareTo(BOOL other) { return Value.CompareTo(other.Value); }
    public int CompareTo(bool other) { return Value.CompareTo(other); }
    #endregion
    #region IEquatable<bool> Members
    public bool Equals(BOOL other) { return Value.Equals(other.Value); }
    public bool Equals(bool other) { return Value.Equals(other); }
    #endregion
    #region Object Override
    public override string ToString() { return Value.ToString(); }
    public override int GetHashCode() { return Value.GetHashCode(); }
    public override bool Equals(object obj) { return Value.Equals(obj); }
    #endregion
    #region implicit/explicit cast operators
    public static implicit operator bool(BOOL value) { return value.Value; }
    public static implicit operator BOOL(bool value) { return new BOOL(value); }
    public static explicit operator int(BOOL value) { return unchecked((int)value._data); }
    public static explicit operator BOOL(int value) { return new BOOL(value); }
    public static explicit operator uint(BOOL value) { return value._data; }
    public static explicit operator BOOL(uint value) { return new BOOL(value); }
    #endregion
    #region +, -, !, ~, ++, --, true, false unary operators overloaded.
    public static BOOL operator !(BOOL b) { return new BOOL(!b.Value); }
    public static bool operator true(BOOL b) { return b.Value; }
    public static bool operator false(BOOL b) { return !b.Value; }
    #endregion
    #region +, -, *, /, %, &, |, ^, <<, >> binary operators overloaded.
    public static BOOL operator &(BOOL b1, BOOL b2) { return new BOOL(b1.Value & b2.Value); }
    public static BOOL operator |(BOOL b1, BOOL b2) { return new BOOL(b1.Value | b2.Value); }
    #endregion
    #region ==, !=, <, >, <=, >= comparison operators overloaded
    public static bool operator ==(BOOL b1, BOOL b2) { return (b1.Value == b2.Value); }
    public static bool operator !=(BOOL b1, BOOL b2) { return (b1.Value != b2.Value); }
    #endregion
}