User tag improvement regarding extracting singular data points

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Currently, the {{ user:profile }}, or {{ user }} tag to extract the current users info is set up like this:

{{ user }}
  The current user's name is {{ name }}.
{{ /user }}

Found here

I found no shorthand for this to extract one field without fully commiting to a loop, like {{ user:name }}. Is this intentionally lacking, or a possible feature?