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diff --git a/docs/tutorials/wiki2/basiclayout.rst b/docs/tutorials/wiki2/basiclayout.rst index 0193afab4..4b78b30d1 100644 --- a/docs/tutorials/wiki2/basiclayout.rst +++ b/docs/tutorials/wiki2/basiclayout.rst @@ -225,10 +225,11 @@ To give a simple example of a model class, we define one named ``MyModel``: :linenos: :language: py -Our example model has an ``__init__`` method that takes two arguments -(``name``, and ``value``). It stores these values as ``self.name`` and -``self.value`` on the instance created by the ``__init__`` function itself. -The ``MyModel`` class also has a ``__tablename__`` attribute. This informs +Our example model does not require an ``__init__`` method because SQLAlchemy +supplies for us a default constructor if one is not already present, +which accepts keyword arguments of the same name as that of the mapped attributes. + +The ``MyModel`` class has a ``__tablename__`` attribute. This informs SQLAlchemy which table to use to store the data representing instances of this class. |