mapper is implicitly combining one of its column-based attributes
with that of the parent, where those columns normally don't necessarily
share the same value.  This is an extension of an existing check that
was added via :ticket:`1892`; however this new check emits only a
warning, instead of an exception, to allow for applications that may
be relying upon the existing behavior.
fixes #3042

Found using: https://github.com/intgr/topy

fully usable within declarative relationship configuration, as its
string classname would not be available in the registry of classnames
at mapper configuration time.   The class now explicitly adds itself
to the class regsitry, and additionally both :class:`.AbstractConcreteBase`
as well as :class:`.ConcreteBase` set themselves up *before* mappers
are configured within the :func:`.configure_mappers` setup, using
the new :meth:`.MapperEvents.before_configured` event. [ticket:2950]

- Added new :meth:`.MapperEvents.before_configured` event which allows
an event at the start of :func:`.configure_mappers`, as well
as ``__declare_first__()`` hook within declarative to complement
``__declare_last__()``.

- modified how after_configured is invoked; we just make a dispatch()
not actually connected to any mapper.  this makes it easier
to also invoke before_configured correctly.

- improved the ComparableEntity fixture to handle collections that are sets.

- went through examples/ and cleaned out excess list() calls

where since it considers the current class' ``__table__``, was
sensitive to when it was called.  This is 0.7's behavior also,
but in 0.7 things tended to "work out" within events like
``__mapper_args__()``.  :func:`.has_inherited_table` now only
considers superclasses, so should return the same answer
regarding the current class no matter when it's called
(obviously assuming the state of the superclass).
[ticket:2656]

become an externally usable package but still remains within the main sqlalchemy parent package.
in this system, we use kind of an ugly hack to get the noseplugin imported outside of the
"sqlalchemy" package, while still making it available within sqlalchemy for usage by
third party libraries.

    single-inheritance declarative subclasses,
    with or without using a mixin, can be resolved
    using a new @declared_attr usage described
    in the documentation.  [ticket:2472]