[Sqlalchemy-users] Return lists in mapping

[Koen Bok]

When I make a selection with a mapper I get back an <instance> object. Same goes for the mapper's relations. Is there any way to make SQLAlchemy returning standard <list> objects? Example: orders = list() print type(orders) # <type 'list'> orders = Order.mapper.select(limit=3) print type(orders) print orders <type 'instance'> [<Order id=1859>, <Order id=295>, <Order id=1360>] # Looks like a list, but is an instance! orders = list(Order.mapper.select(limit=3)) print type(orders) print orders <type 'list'> [<Order id=1859>, <Order id=295>, <Order id=1360>] # This is a list! But I had to convert it! And I'd also the relations to standard list objects.