def remove(self, elem):
        """Remove a requirement.

        :param elem: a string or :class:`Requirement` instance.
        """
        if isinstance(elem, text_type):
            for requirement in self:
                if requirement.package == elem:
                    return super(Requirements, self).remove(requirement)
        return super(Requirements, self).remove(elem)
def decode(value):
    if isinstance(value, bytes):
        value = value.decode(errors="surrogateescape")

    for char in ("\\", "\n", "\t"):
        value = value.replace(
            char.encode(encoding="unicode-escape").decode(), char
        )

    return value