a lower-case-t table

functions, in addition to straight columns.   Common modifiers
include using ``somecolumn.desc()`` for a descending index and
``func.lower(somecolumn)`` for a case-insensitive index, depending on the
capabilities of the target backend.
[ticket:695]

:class:`.CheckConstraint` would apply itself back to the
original table during a :meth:`.Table.tometadata` operation, as
it would parse the SQL expression for a parent table. The
operation now copies the given expression to correspond to the
new table.
[ticket:2633]

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.

    an Index associated with a Table in a remote
    schema. [ticket:2571]

ForeignKeyConstraint, courtesy Ryan Kelly.
[ticket:2502]

CheckConstraint, and PrimaryKeyConstraint will
attach themselves to their parent table automatically
when they refer to a Table-bound Column object directly
(i.e. not just string column name), and refer to
one and only one Table.   Prior to 0.8 this behavior
occurred for UniqueConstraint and PrimaryKeyConstraint,
but not ForeignKeyConstraint or CheckConstraint.
[ticket:2410]