def add(self, elem, replace=False):
        """Add a requirement.

        :param elem: a string or :class:`Requirement` instance.
        :param replace: if `True`, packages in the set with the same name will
            be removed first.
        """
        if isinstance(elem, text_type):
            elem = Requirement.coerce(elem)
        if replace and elem in self:
            self.remove(elem)
        super(Requirements, self).add(elem)
def _safe_close(self, sess):
    """Closes a session without raising an exception.

    Just like sess.close() but ignores exceptions.

    Args:
      sess: A `Session`.
    """
    # pylint: disable=broad-except
    try:
      sess.close()
    except Exception:
      # Intentionally not logging to avoid user complaints that
      # they get cryptic errors.  We really do not care that Close
      # fails.
      pass
    # pylint: enable=broad-except