if (.Platform$OS.type != "windows") {
    library(lme4)
#### tests of getME()

###  are names correct? --------------
    if(getRversion() < "2.15")
        paste0 <- function(...) paste(..., sep = '')
    hasInms <- function(x) grepl("(Intercept", names(x), fixed=TRUE)
    matchNms <- function(fm, PAR) {
        stopifnot(is.character(vnms <- names(fm@cnms)))
        mapply(grepl, paste0("^", vnms), names(PAR))
    }
    chkIMod <- function(fm) {## check "intercept only" model
        b1 <- getME(fm,"beta")
        f1 <- fixef(fm)
        stopifnot(hasInms(f1), f1 == b1,
                  hasInms(t1 <- getME(fm,"theta")), matchNms(fm, t1))
    }

    fm1 <- lmer(diameter ~ (1|plate) + (1|sample), Penicillin)
    chkIMod(fm1)

    fm2 <- lmer(angle ~ recipe * temperature + (1|recipe:replicate), cake)
    stopifnot(fixef(fm2) == getME(fm2,"beta"))
    getME(fm2,"theta")

    getME(fm3 <- lmer(Reaction ~ Days + (Days|Subject), sleepstudy),
          "theta")
    getME(fm4 <- lmer(Reaction ~ Days + (1|Subject) + (0+Days|Subject), sleepstudy),
          "theta")

    ## internal consistency check ensuring that all allowed 'name's work (and are not empty):
    (nmME <- eval(formals(lme4:::getME.merMod)$name))
    chkMEs <- function(fm, nms) {
        stopifnot(is.character(nms))
        str(parts <- sapply(nms, getME, object = fm, simplify=FALSE))
        isN <- sapply(parts, is.null)
        stopifnot(identical(names(isN), nms), !any(isN))
    }

    chkMEs(fm1, nmME)
    chkMEs(fm2, nmME)
    chkMEs(fm3, nmME)
    chkMEs(fm4, nmME)

    ## multiple components can now be retrieved at once
    gg <- getME(fm2,c("theta","beta"))
    gg2 <- getME(fm2,c("theta","beta","X"))

    ## list of Zt for each random-effects factor
    lapply(getME(fm2,c("Ztlist")),dim)
    ## Cholesky factors returned as a list of matrices
    getME(fm1,"ST")
    getME(fm2,"ST")

    ## distinction between number of RE terms
    ##  and number of RE grouping factors
    stopifnot(getME(fm2,"n_rtrms")==1)
    stopifnot(getME(fm2,"n_rfacs")==1)

    lapply(getME(fm4,c("Ztlist")),dim)
    stopifnot(getME(fm4,"n_rtrms")==2)
    stopifnot(getME(fm4,"n_rfacs")==1)

    stopifnot(getME(fm1,"sigma")==sigma(fm1))
} ## skip on windows (for speed)