[fpc-pascal] Why TSdfDataSet doesn't simply return FCurRec as RecNo?

[Luca Olivetti]

El 30/10/14 a les 22:44, Michael Van Canneyt ha escrit:

>>>> On Thu, 30 Oct 2014, Luca Olivetti wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> TFixedFormatDataSet (ancestor of TSdfDataSet) overrides GetRecNo
>>>>> (correct) but it does a strange contortion instead of simply returning
>>>>> FCurRec:
>>>>>
>>>>> function TFixedFormatDataSet.GetRecNo: Longint;
>>>>> var
>>>>>  BufPtr: TRecordBuffer;
>>>>> begin
>>>>>  Result := -1;
>>>>>  if GetActiveRecBuf(BufPtr) then
>>>>>    Result := PRecInfo(BufPtr + FRecInfoOfs)^.RecordNumber;
>>>>
[...]
> I understand why the GetRecNo is there, just not why it is implemented
> as it is in TSDFDataset.
> (which is what I was investigating)

So, what's the verdict? Will it stay this way for the foreseeable future
or will it be changed?
Should I file a bug report or should it not be considered a bug?

Bye
-- 
Luca