fixes #3541

lib/core/macros.nim

@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@ proc newLit*(i: BiggestInt): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
 
 proc newLit*(b: bool): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
   ## produces a new boolean literal node.
-  result = newNimNode(nnkIntLit)
-  result.intVal = ord(b)
+  result = if b: bindSym"true" else: bindSym"false"
 
 proc newLit*(f: BiggestFloat): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
   ## produces a new float literal node.

tests/macros/tnodecompare.nim

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 discard """
-output: '''1
-0
-1
-0
-1
-0
-1
-0'''
+output: '''true
+false
+true
+false
+true
+false
+true
+false'''
 """
 
 import macros

tests/macros/tsametype.nim

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 discard """
-output: '''1
-0
-1
-0
-1
-0
-1
-0
-1
-0'''
+output: '''true
+false
+true
+false
+true
+false
+true
+false
+true
+false'''
 """
 
 import macros

web/news.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 News
 ====
 
+..
+  2015-11-XX Version 0.12.2 released
+  ==================================
+
+  This is a bugfix release.
+
+
+  Changes affecting backwards compatibility
+  -----------------------------------------
+
+  - ``macros.newLit`` for ``bool`` now produces false/true symbols which
+    actually work with the bool datatype.
+
+
 2015-10-27 Version 0.12.0 released
 ==================================