我是否需要使用SQLAlchemy会话？

>>> from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
>>> Session = sessionmaker(bind=engine)

许多非官方教程也使用会话,但有些人根本没有使用它们,而是选择任何人称之为的方法：

e = create_engine('sqlite:///company.db')
conn = e.connect()
query = conn.execute("SELECT first_name FROM employee")

当这个更简单的系统似乎做同样的事情时,为什么需要会话呢？官方文件并没有说清楚为什么这是必要的,据我所见.

官方SQLAlchemy文档中有一个特别相关的部分：

A web application is the easiest case because such an application is already constructed around a single,consistent scope – this is the request,which represents an incoming request from a browser,the processing of that request to formulate a response,and finally the delivery of that response back to the client. Integrating web applications with the Session is then the straightforward task of linking the scope of the Session to that of the request. The Session can be established as the request begins,or using a lazy initialization pattern which establishes one as soon as it is needed. The request then proceeds,with some system in place where application logic can access the current Session in a manner associated with how the actual request object is accessed. As the request ends,the Session is torn down as well,usually through the usage of event hooks provided by the web framework. The transaction used by the Session may also be committed at this point,or alternatively the application may opt for an explicit commit pattern,only committing for those requests where one is warranted,but still always tearing down the Session unconditionally at the end.

…和…

Some web frameworks include infrastructure to assist in the task of
aligning the lifespan of a Session with that of a web request. This
includes products such as Flask-SQLAlchemy,for usage in conjunction
with the Flask web framework,and Zope-SQLAlchemy,typically used with
the Pyramid framework. SQLAlchemy recommends that these products be
used as available.

不幸的是,我仍然无法判断是否需要使用会话,或者最后一段是否暗示某些实现(如Flask-SQLAlchemy)已经自动管理会话.

我需要使用会话吗？不使用会话会有很大的风险吗？我已经在使用会话,因为我正在使用Flask-SQLAlchemy？