#' Pseudo-function to re-export functions from the \strong{base} packages. 
#' 
#' @name base functions
#'
#' @importFrom methods as slot 
#' 
#' @importFrom stats as.formula
#' 
#' @importFrom utils download.file read.csv type.convert tail capture.output
#' 
#' @import sp
#' 
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