expression element which is late-evaluated at compile time.  Previously,
the function was only a conversion function which would handle different
expression inputs by returning either a :class:`.Label` of a column-oriented
expression or a copy of a given :class:`.BindParameter` object,
which in particular prevented the operation from being logically
maintained when an ORM-level expression transformation would convert
a column to a bound parameter (e.g. for lazy loading).
fixes #3531

``<function> WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY <criteria>)``, using the
method :class:`.FunctionElement.within_group`.  A series of common
set-aggregate functions with return types derived from the set have
been added. This includes functions like :class:`.percentile_cont`,
:class:`.dense_rank` and others.
fixes #1370
- make sure we use func.name for all _literal_as_binds in functions.py
so we get consistent naming behavior for parameters.

- any/all work for Array as well as subqueries, accepted by MySQL
- Postgresql ARRAY now subclasses Array
- fixes #3516

- attempt to add a script to semi-automate the fixing of links

of the "constants" :func:`.null`, :func:`.true`, and :func:`.false`
has been reverted.   These functions returning a "singleton" object
had the effect that different instances would be treated as the
same regardless of lexical use, which in particular would impact
the rendering of the columns clause of a SELECT statement.
fixes #3170

constructs are now importable from the "from sqlalchemy" namespace,
just like every other Core construct.
- The implicit conversion of strings to :func:`.text` constructs
when passed to most builder methods of :func:`.select` as
well as :class:`.Query` now emits a warning with just the
plain string sent.   The textual conversion still proceeds normally,
however.  The only method that accepts a string without a warning
are the "label reference" methods like order_by(), group_by();
these functions will now at compile time attempt to resolve a single
string argument to a column or label expression present in the
selectable; if none is located, the expression still renders, but
you get the warning again. The rationale here is that the implicit
conversion from string to text is more unexpected than not these days,
and it is better that the user send more direction to the Core / ORM
when passing a raw string as to what direction should be taken.
Core/ORM tutorials have been updated to go more in depth as to how text
is handled.
fixes #2992

sqlalchemy/orm, sqlalchemy/event, sqlalchemy/testing