Global variable `structures' is not empty.
Maxima branch_5_33_base_76_ge99672b http://maxima.sourceforge.net using Lisp CLISP 2.49 (2010-07-07) Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. (%i1) structures; (%o1) [ef_data(exponent, reduction, primitive, cardinality, order, factors_of_order)]
I think it is populated here
https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/code/ci/master/tree/src/numth.lisp#l1435
Definitively looked strange. Resolved this with Commit #3676097d2f1fc3344.