Can anyone think of a reason why someone would write:

Can anyone think of a reason why someone would write:

   if (aRecordSet <> nil) and ((aRecordSet.State and cardinal(osStateOpen)) = Cardinal(osStateOpen)) then
    begin
      aRecordSet.Close;
    end;

instead of just:

   if (aRecordSet <> nil) and aRecordSet.State = adStateOpen?
    begin
      aRecordSet.Close;
    end;