[BossingAround]

I know this is a question of style, but wow that looks ugly.

The point about ease of adding a new column is absolutely valid.

The best answer to it, subjectively and IMHO, is on the language level, e.g. making it legal to end the statement with a comma:

SELECT col1, col2, col3, from ...

[whynotmaybe]

That would definitely be a game changer... but I'm not sure I might be ready for that !