compilation errors for primitive type assertions

[scizor666]

Support plan

• is this issue currently blocking your project? (yes/no): no
• is this issue affecting a production system? (yes/no): yes

Context

• node version: v12.22.7
• module version with issue: 8.0.4
• last module version without issue: 8.03
• environment (e.g. node, browser, native): node
• used with (e.g. hapi application, another framework, standalone, ...):standalone
• any other relevant information:

What are you trying to achieve or the steps to reproduce?

function foo(): number | undefined {
 //
}

const value = foo();
expect(value).to.be(123)

function bar(): boolean {
 //
}
expect(bar()).equals(false)

What was the result you got?

compilation errors like:

Argument of type '123' is not assignable to parameter of type 'never'
Argument of type 'false' is not assignable to parameter of type 'never' 

What result did you expect?

no compile error

[kanongil]

Thanks for the report. This seems to be an issue with the recent #163. I'm looking into a fix.

[kanongil]

I made a fix in #168.