fine, but the name "get_local" is not so descriptive and also attracts the focus away from the existing "identity_map" accessor. how about we jack up the "identity_map" dictionary to be smarter ? so you could say:
session.identity_map.find(class_, ident, entity_name='foo') On Mar 8, 10:07 am, "Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could we add this new method on sqlalchemy.orm.Session? > > def get_local(self, class_, ident, entity_name=None): > """Get an object from the identity map (do not hit the database) > > Returns None if the object does not exist in this session's > identity map. > """ > idkey = self.mapper(class_, > entity_name=entity_name).identity_key(ident) > return self.identity_map.get(idkey) > > This is handy for doing tasks such as expiring/expunging/etc. an > instance but only if it exists in the session. I'm not sure if it > makes sense to have the entity_name parameter because I've never used > it before, but I added it just in case. > > Thanks, > ~ Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
