Assertions              Suite of helper functions to test for types
BiocBaseUtils-package   BiocBaseUtils: Utility and Internal functions
                        for Bioconductor packages
askUserYesNo            Ask user for a yes/no response
checkInstalled          Check packages are installed otherwise suggest
lifeCycle               Set the life cycle stage of a function
selectSome              Select and return only some entries from a
                        vector
setSlots                Convenience function to set slot values
