Rails - Aug 2005 - :select option in find()

Thanks to a pointer from Stefan Kaes, I updated my local Rails 
installation to include the :select option (from the current trunk):

def construct_finder_sql(options) # in active_record/base.rb
     sql = "SELECT #{options[:select] || ''*''} FROM
#{table_name} "
     sql << " #{options[:joins]} " if options[:joins]
     add_conditions!(sql, options[:conditions])
     sql << "ORDER BY #{options[:order]} " if options[:order]
     add_limit!(sql, options)
     sql
end

Works great, but there''s no way to define an alias for the main 
table_name itself. Here''s how I think it could be implemented:

     sql = "SELECT #{options[:select] || ''*''} FROM "
     sql << "#{table_name} #{options[:alias] ||
''''}"

What do you folks think about this? I know it would be unpractical to 
try to implement every single select option in find(), but I think this 
qualifies as a significant complement to the :select option.

Has anyone suggested this already? Should I open a ticket?

--Jonas Galvez