Comment by masklinn

That is the haskell workaround, and it also sucks, because it still requires a special non-uniform first value.

I do not want to write either of your snippets, I want to write

  SELECT
      a,
      b,
      c,
  FROM

Because now selected values are uniform and I can move them around or add new ones with minimal changes no matter their position in the sequence.

It’s also completely wonky in many contexts e.g. CREATE TABLE. Trailing commas always works.

> I'd suggest to maybe just change your coding style - and make the start of the list special - instead of the end.

Supporting trailing commas means neither is special.