>While all I know of Crane is this page, it would appear to follow the same design, there its "filter" shortcut is built on top of the lower layer, which is als

>While all I know of Crane is this page, it would appear to follow the same design, there its "filter" shortcut is built on top of the lower layer, which is also available to use directly. Essentially this. To be perfectly clear: Crane doesn't share SQLAlchemy's data mapper/unit of work pattern, it is much closer to regular active record. However, it still provides good flexibility by using SxQL and not pretending SQL doesn't exist.