#4352 elliptic_e(1,1.23) --> lisp numeric error (introduces complex %i)

[Richard Fateman]

(%i39) elliptic_e(1,1.23);
Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
The value
((MPLUS SIMP) 0.822727348982166 ((MTIMES SIMP) 0.16698253315507405 $%I))
is not of type
NUMBER
Automatically continuing.

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build_info(version="5.47.0",timestamp="2023-06-02 20:31:42",host="x86_64-w64-mingw32",lisp_name="SBCL",lisp_version="2.3.2",

[Raymond Toy]

That's a pretty old bug, going back to 2010. The solution there was wrong. I have a fix coming soon. Fairly easy, but needs some more testing.

[Raymond Toy]

Fixed in commit [dafed984fa9d278101fa581789675f2b425c1650] (more or less).