Re: ezunits fundamental_units apparently broken in Maxima 5.49.0

Robert Dodier <[email protected]> Thu, 14 May 2026 14:33:21 -0700
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Hi Michael, what does build_info(); report?

best,

Robert

On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM Michael Soegtrop via Maxima-discuss
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dear Maxima List Readers,
>
> with latest Maxima the ezunits fundamental_units function doesn't work
> as expected any more - it did work last time I tried it (which is a
> longer while back - maybe 2 years). I am using ezunits very frequently
> but only rarely in situations which need manual simplification using
> fundamental_units.
>
> I get:
>
> (%i1)    load(ezunits)$
>
> (%i2)    fundamental_units(1`N);
> (%o2)    (kg*m)/s^2
>
> (%i3)    fundamental_units(1`J)
> (%o3)    fundamental_units(1 ` J)
>
> (%i4)    fundamental_units(1`Pa);
> (%o4)    kg/(m*s^2)
>
> (%i5)    fundamental_units(1`W);
> (%o5)    fundamental_units(1 ` W)
>
> (%i6)    fundamental_units(1`V);
> (%o6)    fundamental_units(1 ` V)
>
> (%i7)    fundamental_units(1`Ohm);
> (%o7)    fundamental_units(1 ` Ohm)
>
> (%i8)    1`N*m``J;
> (%o8)    1 ` J
>
> For many units it just returns a noun form - but it apparently knows the
> units. Am I missing something?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
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