diff -up SQLAlchemy-0.9.7/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/elements.py.types-test-workaround SQLAlchemy-0.9.7/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/elements.py
--- SQLAlchemy-0.9.7/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/elements.py.types-test-workaround	2014-07-22 22:54:20.000000000 +0200
+++ SQLAlchemy-0.9.7/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/elements.py	2014-07-29 16:43:27.921221412 +0200
@@ -3268,7 +3268,7 @@ class _defer_name(_truncated_label):
     generation.
 
     """
-    def __new__(cls, value):
+    def __new__(cls, value, *rest):
         if value is None:
             return _NONE_NAME
         elif isinstance(value, conv):