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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 _parse_version(self, value):
 """Parses `version` option value. :param value: :rtype: str """

        version = self._parse_file(value)

        if version != value:
            version = version.strip()
            # Be strict about versions loaded from file because it's easy to
            # accidentally include newlines and other unintended content
            if isinstance(parse(version), LegacyVersion):
                tmpl = (
                    'Version loaded from {value} does not '
                    'comply with PEP 440: {version}'
                )
                raise DistutilsOptionError(tmpl.format(**locals()))

            return version

        version = self._parse_attr(value, self.package_dir)

        if callable(version):
            version = version()

        if not isinstance(version, string_types):
            if hasattr(version, '__iter__'):
                version = '.'.join(map(str, version))
            else:
                version = '%s' % version

        return version