It's not merely that Harry thought a certain way:
There was a compulsion to chew and swallow chocolate. The response to compulsion was killing.
People had gathered around and stared. That was annoying. The response to annoyance was killing.
Other people were chattering in the background. That was insolent. The response to insolence was to inflict pain, but since none of them were useful, killing them would be simpler.
"The response to compulsion was killing." Not just "He wanted to kill Dumbledore". The way it's phrased implies a memory, a history, a system of behavior that was predetermined and practiced. The only way that can be is if Harry has directly and fully assumed the mind of someone who has already established all that in their past. For me, "turn[ed] directly into Voldemort" is as accurate a way as any to describe that, unless it's someone other than Voldemort he turned directly into.
I can't imagine Voldemort or Quirrell thinking so crudely, even in terms of goal systems.
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