variance function in lmer

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Michael Li<wuolong at gmail.com> wrote:

Can variance functions be used in lmer()?

Not currently, no.

Thanks. I thought that was the case. Since nlme/lme4 are such  
important packages, Is there a "roadmap" in terms how they will evolve  
in the near future and what features are planned (e.g., empirical  
stderr)?

Michael