well if you read our docs you'll see that they're entirely in agreement with that. separate mapping/table design is called "classical mapping" and was years a

well if you read our docs you'll see that they're entirely in agreement with that. separate mapping/table design is called "classical mapping" and was years ago superceded by the declarative style. Update your sqlalchemy knowledge before commenting on it. interestingly enough a ton of users still prefer the mappers/tables to be separate.