what exactly does SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS do?

[rlam3]

what exactly does SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS do i'm a bit confused as to why this is needed to be set inside my configuration?

is this tracking sqlalchemy? or flask sqlalchemy?

[davidism]

http://flask-sqlalchemy.pocoo.org/2.1/signals/

[jeffwidman]

For future searchers:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33738467/sqlalchemy-who-needs-sqlalchemy-track-modifications/33790196#33790196

@davidism You understand this issue better than I do, so if I'm incorrect on anything, feel free to edit my answer.

[rlam3]

Is there a way for us to detect which 3rd party packages are affected because of this change?

So far I think one of these is Flask-WhooshAlchemy