Problems with cvs maxima on windows



----Robert Dodier wrote: -----

> so maybe $DETERMINANT needs to test for "constant and scalar" or
> something.

Maybe a simple fix like the following is OK. Or revert to r1.8

(defmfun $determinant (mat)
  (cond ((not (or (mbagp mat) ($matrixp mat))) (if ($scalarp mat) mat (list
  '(%determinant) mat)))
 (t (setq mat (check mat))
    (if (not (= (length mat) (length (cadr mat))))
        (merror "`determinant' called on a non-square matrix."))
           (cond ((not $ratmx) (det1 (mcx (cdr mat))))
          (t (newvarmat1 mat) (determinant1 (mcx (cdr mat))))))))


(%i76) determinant(x);
(%o76) determinant(x)
(%i78) declare(x,scalar);
(%o78) DONE
(%i79) determinant(x);
(%o79) x
(%i80) determinant(x + %pi);
(%o80) x+%pi
(%i81) determinant(x + y);
(%o81) determinant(y+x)
(%i82) declare(y,scalar);
(%o82) DONE
(%i83) determinant(x + y);
(%o83) y+x