Syntax error and reserved keywords

Hi,

A colleague came to me to express his surprise about this quite simple
use case:
 =# alter table toto add column user text; ERROR:  syntax error at or near "user" LINE 1: alter table toto add column
usertext;
 

Is there a reason for us not to add an HINT: "user" is a reserved
keyword or something like that, other than nobody having been interested
in doing the work?

Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
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