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Question: how to tell Maple not to change expression when using abs() on it?

Question:how to tell Maple not to change expression when using abs() on it?

nm 8552 Maple 2018
abs
June 14 2018
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I want z  to becomes abs(z) then later on, remove abs() and obtain z back in the same form it was.

I found that Maple changes z when I put it inside abs. Like this

expr:=(-y^2+1);
abs(expr);
op(1,%);

So instead of 1-y^2, I end up now with  y^2-1. I want to keep the same expression I started with.

Mathematica does not do this:

expr = 1 - y^2
Abs[expr]
%[[1]]

Is there a way or option to tell Maple not change the expression when I put it inside abs()?

This complicates what I am trying to do in Maple.

thank you
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