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 trapped_signals(cls, new_signal_handler):
        """A contextmanager which temporarily overrides signal handling.

        NB: This method calls signal.signal(), which will crash if not called from the main thread!
        """
        previous_signal_handler = cls.reset_signal_handler(new_signal_handler)
        try:
            yield
        finally:
            cls.reset_signal_handler(previous_signal_handler)