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 maxima (5.35.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * New upstream release
Author: Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>

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Index: maxima-5.38.0/src/nparse.lisp
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--- maxima-5.38.0.orig/src/nparse.lisp
+++ maxima-5.38.0/src/nparse.lisp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 (defmfun alphabetp (n)
   (and (characterp n)
-       (or (alpha-char-p n)
+       (or (alpha-char-p n) #+gcl(>= (char-code n) 128)
 	   (member n *alphabet*))))
 
 (defmfun ascii-numberp (num)
