On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, 21:45 Tom Lane, <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <pe...@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. > >
