R help - Aug 2013 - Editing code in a function?

Hi folks,

I've not before had to edit code right in a function, but I think I need
to. I am using lmer() and want to use a model that uses zero weights. I
found this thread from 2009:

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mixed-models/2009q1/001995.html

but I'm unsure of how I would actually go about editing the code in the
package.

Part of the problem is that I can't even find lmerFrames(). I can see it
being called in lmer, but if I just type in

lmerFrames

or

fix(lmerFrames)

I get nothing.

The note from Doug Bates is that the function is "hidden"- is there a
trick
to getting at these hidden functions to edit them?

Any thoughts or suggestions welcome.

Cheers,

-- 
Michael Rennie, Research Scientist
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Freshwater Institute
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA

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Cheers,
Bert

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Mike Rennie <mikerennie.r at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've not before had to edit code right in a function, but I think I
need
> to. I am using lmer() and want to use a model that uses zero weights. I
> found this thread from 2009:
>
> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mixed-models/2009q1/001995.html
>
> but I'm unsure of how I would actually go about editing the code in the
> package.
>
> Part of the problem is that I can't even find lmerFrames(). I can see
it
> being called in lmer, but if I just type in
>
> lmerFrames
>
> or
>
> fix(lmerFrames)
>
> I get nothing.
>
> The note from Doug Bates is that the function is "hidden"- is
there a trick
> to getting at these hidden functions to edit them?
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions welcome.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Michael Rennie, Research Scientist
> Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Freshwater Institute
> Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA
>
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