Conditional step crushes on the Before lifecycle

[dKatechev]

Description:
Conditional step is failing in Before story section, passes successfully in the Scenario section.

STR:

Description: test #{eval(...)} in Before story lifecycle

Meta:
    @toRun

Lifecycle:
Before:
Scope: STORY
When the condition `#{eval( "abc" == "abc" )}` is true I do
|step                                                            |
|When I initialize the SCENARIO variable `var` with value `value`|


Scenario: test scenario
When I initialize the SCENARIO variable `var` with value `value`

Log and report attached:
log4.log
allure.zip