abs test overwrites built-in jinja2 abs filter

[doubleplush]

The abs test for absolute paths overwrites the built-in Jinja2 abs
filter, preventing the absolute value of numbers from being taken and
breaking existing code which makes use of the absolute value filter.

SUMMARY

The abs test for absolute paths overwrites the built-in Jinja2 abs
filter, preventing the absolute value of numbers from being taken and
breaking existing code which makes use of the absolute value filter.

ISSUE TYPE

Bugfix Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

abs test

ANSIBLE VERSION

affects 2.5.0 and devel

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ansible -m debug -a 'msg="{{ -4 | abs }}"' localhost

localhost | FAILED! => {
"msg": "Unexpected templating type error occurred on ({{ -4 | abs }}): expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not int"

[sivel]

This has already been resolved in #37881

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