caused a user-provided "getter" to no longer receive values of ``None``
when fetching scalar values from a target that is non-present.  The
check for None introduced by this change is now moved into the default
getter, so a user-provided getter will also again receive values of
None.
re: #2810

- convert all paramter references in relationship documentation to :paramref:

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.

new automap extension would fail if classes
were pre-arranged in single or potentially joined inheritance patterns.
The repaired joined inheritance issue could also potentially apply when
using :class:`.DeferredReflection` as well.

Remove uneeded import from code example

target of :paramref:`.relationship.secondary` for the purposes
of creating very complex :func:`.relationship` join conditions.
The change includes adjustments to query joining, joined eager loading
to not render a SELECT subquery, changes to lazy loading such that
the "secondary" target is properly included in the SELECT, and
changes to declarative to better support specification of a
join() object with classes as targets.

This had me reread the code twice to see if I missed why the import was
present.