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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/elements.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/elements.py
index 6ce505412..c7e5aabcc 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/elements.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/elements.py
@@ -2573,10 +2573,8 @@ class Case(ColumnElement):
stmt = select([users_table]).\
where(
case(
- [
- (users_table.c.name == 'wendy', 'W'),
- (users_table.c.name == 'jack', 'J')
- ],
+ (users_table.c.name == 'wendy', 'W'),
+ (users_table.c.name == 'jack', 'J'),
else_='E'
)
)
@@ -2597,7 +2595,10 @@ class Case(ColumnElement):
("else_", InternalTraversal.dp_clauseelement),
]
- def __init__(self, whens, value=None, else_=None):
+ # TODO: for Py2k removal, this will be:
+ # def __init__(self, *whens, value=None, else_=None):
+
+ def __init__(self, *whens, **kw):
r"""Produce a ``CASE`` expression.
The ``CASE`` construct in SQL is a conditional object that
@@ -2612,10 +2613,8 @@ class Case(ColumnElement):
stmt = select([users_table]).\
where(
case(
- [
- (users_table.c.name == 'wendy', 'W'),
- (users_table.c.name == 'jack', 'J')
- ],
+ (users_table.c.name == 'wendy', 'W'),
+ (users_table.c.name == 'jack', 'J'),
else_='E'
)
)
@@ -2660,16 +2659,14 @@ class Case(ColumnElement):
from sqlalchemy import case, literal_column
case(
- [
- (
- orderline.c.qty > 100,
- literal_column("'greaterthan100'")
- ),
- (
- orderline.c.qty > 10,
- literal_column("'greaterthan10'")
- )
- ],
+ (
+ orderline.c.qty > 100,
+ literal_column("'greaterthan100'")
+ ),
+ (
+ orderline.c.qty > 10,
+ literal_column("'greaterthan10'")
+ ),
else_=literal_column("'lessthan10'")
)
@@ -2683,19 +2680,23 @@ class Case(ColumnElement):
ELSE 'lessthan10'
END
- :param whens: The criteria to be compared against,
+ :param \*whens: The criteria to be compared against,
:paramref:`.case.whens` accepts two different forms, based on
whether or not :paramref:`.case.value` is used.
+ .. versionchanged:: 1.4 the :func:`_sql.case`
+ function now accepts the series of WHEN conditions positionally;
+ passing the expressions within a list is deprecated.
+
In the first form, it accepts a list of 2-tuples; each 2-tuple
consists of ``(<sql expression>, <value>)``, where the SQL
expression is a boolean expression and "value" is a resulting value,
e.g.::
- case([
+ case(
(users_table.c.name == 'wendy', 'W'),
(users_table.c.name == 'jack', 'J')
- ])
+ )
In the second form, it accepts a Python dictionary of comparison
values mapped to a resulting value; this form requires
@@ -2720,11 +2721,23 @@ class Case(ColumnElement):
"""
+ if "whens" in kw:
+ util.warn_deprecated_20(
+ 'The "whens" argument to case() is now passed as a series of '
+ "positional "
+ "elements, rather than as a list. "
+ )
+ whens = kw.pop("whens")
+ else:
+ whens = coercions._expression_collection_was_a_list(
+ "whens", "case", whens
+ )
try:
whens = util.dictlike_iteritems(whens)
except TypeError:
pass
+ value = kw.pop("value", None)
if value is not None:
whenlist = [
(
@@ -2760,11 +2773,16 @@ class Case(ColumnElement):
self.type = type_
self.whens = whenlist
+
+ else_ = kw.pop("else_", None)
if else_ is not None:
self.else_ = coercions.expect(roles.ExpressionElementRole, else_)
else:
self.else_ = None
+ if kw:
+ raise TypeError("unknown arguments: %s" % (", ".join(sorted(kw))))
+
@property
def _from_objects(self):
return list(