Question: internal error from pdsolve when HINT is used. Command used to work OK before

This code used to work OK in an earlier version of Maple 2018. I do not know what changed and if it some change in Physics package that caused it.

restart;
pde:=diff(u(r,theta),r$2)+1/r*diff(u(r,theta),r)+1/r^2*diff(u(r,theta),theta$2)=0;
bc:=u(r,0)=0,u(r,Pi)=0,u(0,theta)=0,u(1,theta)=f(theta);
sol:=pdsolve([pde,bc],u(r,theta),HINT = boundedseries(r = 0));

Now it gives the error 

Error, (in assuming) when calling 'assume'. Received: 'invalid arguments'

Workaround is to remove the HINT above. So the following now works

restart;
pde:=diff(u(r,theta),r$2)+1/r*diff(u(r,theta),r)+1/r^2*diff(u(r,theta),theta$2)=0;
bc:=u(r,0)=0,u(r,Pi)=0,u(0,theta)=0,u(1,theta)=f(theta);
sol:=pdsolve([pde,bc],u(r,theta));

Should this error message show up when using the HINT option?

Maple 2018.2 with Physics package cloud version 205.

Here is screen shot showing it was working in Physics 170