I have looked at SQLAlchemy's code, and I think it's about as clean as can be expected for an ORM. I wasn't trying to put SQLAlchemy down. I'm just saying tha

I have looked at SQLAlchemy's code, and I think it's about as clean as can be expected for an ORM. I wasn't trying to put SQLAlchemy down. I'm just saying that you have to apply a bit lower standard for ORM code than you would other parts of the code.