Subselect and limit/order?

Just wondering why subselect expressions can not have a limit/order clause,
eg.

select id,(select id from tbl where id > ? order by id limit 1) as nextid
from tbl where id = ?;

is quite usefull.

It can obviously be done in two select statements, but I was just wondering
if it's an oversight or a planner problem?

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