On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, 21:45 Tom Lane, <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> 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. > >
