Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> writes: > This patch allows subfield references in column references without > parentheses, subject to certain condition. This implements (hopes to, > anyway) the rules from the SQL standard (since SQL99). > This has been requested a number of times over the years. [0] is a > recent discussion that has mentioned it.
The obvious concern about this is introduction of ambiguity where there was none before.
IMHO SQL standard compatibility is a more compelling argument here.