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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py
index 1b1cfee8a..70d5f13fc 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py
@@ -1852,17 +1852,19 @@ class ColumnElement(ClauseElement, _CompareMixin):
descending selectable.
"""
-
- if name:
- co = ColumnClause(name, selectable, type_=getattr(self,
- 'type', None))
+ if name is None:
+ name = self.anon_label
+ # TODO: may want to change this to anon_label,
+ # or some value that is more useful than the
+ # compiled form of the expression
+ key = str(self)
else:
- name = str(self)
- co = ColumnClause(self.anon_label, selectable,
- type_=getattr(self, 'type', None))
-
+ key = name
+
+ co = ColumnClause(name, selectable, type_=getattr(self,
+ 'type', None))
co.proxies = [self]
- selectable.columns[name] = co
+ selectable.columns[key] = co
return co
def compare(self, other, use_proxies=False, equivalents=None, **kw):