unnecessary prompt while using defined functions



On 7/22/07, amli at comcast.net <amli at comcast.net> wrote:
>     I am defining some functions ... When I use these functions I get a
>     prompt asking for  positive, negative, or zero....

Sorry, I'm afraid this is a bug in Maxima.  But it has been fixed in
the source code.

A simple way to reproduce this problem is simply:

           %e^(-%i*sqrt(q))

The bug is in function complex-number-p.  This has been fixed in CVS,
but not in the released version 5.12. To update a running Maxima, save
the attached file cnump.lisp and load it into your Maxima system using
the load function.

               -s
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