def coerce(cls, string):
        """Create a :class:`Requirement` object from a given package spec."""
        match = re.match(cls.spec_regex, string)
        if not match:
            raise InvalidRequirementSpecError("could not parse requirement")
        package = match.group(1)
        if all(match.group(2, 3)):
            version = "".join(match.group(2, 3))
        else:
            version = None
        return cls(package, version)
def test_contains_itself(self):
        class Recursive(Structure):
            pass

        try:
            Recursive._fields_ = [("next", Recursive)]
        except AttributeError as details:
            self.assertTrue("Structure or union cannot contain itself" in
                            str(details))
        else:
            self.fail("Structure or union cannot contain itself")