{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/andrejv/wxmaxima/issues/719","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/andrejv/wxmaxima","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/andrejv/wxmaxima/issues/719/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/andrejv/wxmaxima/issues/719/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/andrejv/wxmaxima/issues/719/events","html_url":"https://github.com/andrejv/wxmaxima/issues/719","id":155258931,"number":719,"title":"Greek letter π is not recognized as constant pi in a function loaded with a .mac file","user":{"login":"RolandSalz","id":16511106,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16511106?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz","html_url":"https://github.com/RolandSalz","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RolandSalz/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-05-17T13:25:52Z","updated_at":"2016-05-17T13:25:52Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Generally, the Greek letter π is recognized as the constant pi, that is, float(π) evaluates to 3.14...\r\nThis, however, does not work, if I use π within a function that I load with a .mac file. Then π is just a symbol and float(π) does not evaluate to 3.14... This should be brought in line with the normal use of π in a worksheet: π should always be recognized as the constant pi.\r\n(I use Windows 7 with Maxima 5.37post and wxmaxima 15.10.0 unofficial.)"}}