+static ex abs_expand(const ex & arg, unsigned options)
+{
+ if ((options & expand_options::expand_transcendental)
+ && is_exactly_a<mul>(arg)) {
+ exvector prodseq;
+ prodseq.reserve(arg.nops());
+ for (const_iterator i = arg.begin(); i != arg.end(); ++i) {
+ if (options & expand_options::expand_function_args)
+ prodseq.push_back(abs(i->expand(options)));
+ else
+ prodseq.push_back(abs(*i));
+ }
+ return dynallocate<mul>(prodseq).setflag(status_flags::expanded);
+ }
+
+ if (options & expand_options::expand_function_args)
+ return abs(arg.expand(options)).hold();
+ else
+ return abs(arg).hold();
+}
+
+static ex abs_expl_derivative(const ex & arg, const symbol & s)
+{
+ ex diff_arg = arg.diff(s);
+ return (diff_arg*arg.conjugate()+arg*diff_arg.conjugate())/2/abs(arg);
+}
+