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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _validate_version(self):
 """If the version starts with a digit, it must be a sematic-versioning style string. """

        self._assert_type("version", list(six.string_types))
        self._assert_matches_re("version", [RELEASE_VERSION_RE])