[R] confint.merMod(method="boot") {lme4} with user supplied FUN to bootMer fails

[Torbjørn Håkan Ergon]

Dear list,

I'm trying to supply a summary function to confint.merMod(method="boot") {lme4} but get persistent errors. The following example generates the errors:

> fm1 <- lmer(Reaction ~ Days + (Days | Subject), sleepstudy)
> test = function(fit) fixef(fit)[1]
> test(fm1)
(Intercept) 
   251.4051 
> confint(fm1, method="boot", FUN=test)
Computing bootstrap confidence intervals ...
Error in set.seed(seed) : supplied seed is not a valid integer
> confint(fm1, method="boot", FUN=test, seed=100)
Computing bootstrap confidence intervals ...
Error in if (use.u) NULL else ~0 : 
  argument is not interpretable as logical
> confint(fm1, method="boot", FUN=test, seed=100, use.u = FALSE)
Computing bootstrap confidence intervals ...
Error in match.arg(type) : 'arg' must be NULL or a character vector
> confint(fm1, method="boot", FUN=test, seed=100, use.u = TRUE)
Computing bootstrap confidence intervals ...
Error in match.arg(type) : 'arg' must be NULL or a character vector
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Any help/hints/ideas?

Cheers,

Torbjørn