Unexpected @@rowcount behavior inside an UDF in MS SQL 2019

Question

here's my sample code

drop function rowcount_test
go
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.rowcount_test () RETURNS INT AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @v INT
    SELECT @v = 1
    return @@ROWCOUNT
END
GO
grant exec on dbo.rowcount_test to public
go
SELECT dbo.rowcount_test()

It gives 1 when executed by mssql 2017 (and earlier)

It gives 0 when executed by mssql 2019

It gives 1 when executed by mssql 2019 (Standard edition) with a db put to the 2017 compatibility mode

It's never been a problem before... Is it a kind of setting affecting the code or a kind of bug in MSSQL 2019?

Answer 1

Scalar udf inlining yet again, rather buggy

SELECT dbo.rowcount_test()

OPTION (USE HINT('DISABLE_TSQL_SCALAR_UDF_INLINING'));