Render table hints in generic SQL

Added :meth:`.Select.with_hint` output to the generic SQL string that is
produced when calling ``str()`` on a statement.  Previously, this clause
would be omitted under the assumption that it was dialect specific.
The hint text is presented within brackets to indicate the rendering
of such hints varies among backends.

Fixes: #5353
References: #4667
Change-Id: I01d97d6baa993e495519036ec7ecd5ae62856c16

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/sql/test_compiler.py b/test/sql/test_compiler.py
index efe4d08c5..20f31ba1e 100644
--- a/test/sql/test_compiler.py
+++ b/test/sql/test_compiler.py
@@ -3886,6 +3886,41 @@ class StringifySpecialTest(fixtures.TestBase):
             "'%s'" % value,
         )
 
+    def test_with_hint_table(self):
+        stmt = (
+            select([table1])
+            .select_from(
+                table1.join(table2, table1.c.myid == table2.c.otherid)
+            )
+            .with_hint(table1, "use some_hint")
+        )
+
+        # note that some dialects instead use the "with_select_hint"
+        # hook to put the 'hint' up front
+        eq_ignore_whitespace(
+            str(stmt),
+            "SELECT mytable.myid, mytable.name, mytable.description "
+            "FROM mytable [use some_hint] "
+            "JOIN myothertable ON mytable.myid = myothertable.otherid",
+        )
+
+    def test_with_hint_statement(self):
+        stmt = (
+            select([table1])
+            .select_from(
+                table1.join(table2, table1.c.myid == table2.c.otherid)
+            )
+            .with_statement_hint("use some_hint")
+        )
+
+        eq_ignore_whitespace(
+            str(stmt),
+            "SELECT mytable.myid, mytable.name, mytable.description "
+            "FROM mytable "
+            "JOIN myothertable ON mytable.myid = myothertable.otherid "
+            "use some_hint",
+        )
+
 
 class KwargPropagationTest(fixtures.TestBase):
     @classmethod