def clean_semver(cls, version_spec):
        return re.sub(r"([<>=~])\s+?v?", "\\1", version_spec, re.IGNORECASE)
def serialize(self, value, display=False):
        lookup = {v: k for k, v in self.levels.items()}
        if value in lookup:
            return encode(lookup[value])
        return ""