Merge pull request matplotlib#26556 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-26554-on-v3.8.x

Backport PR matplotlib#26554 on branch v3.8.x (Remove NumPy abs overrides from pylab)

Author: timhoffm

lib/matplotlib/pylab.py

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 # "from numpy.random import *" above
 bytes = __import__("builtins").bytes
 # We also don't want the numpy version of these functions
+abs = __import__("builtins").abs
 max = __import__("builtins").max
 min = __import__("builtins").min
 round = __import__("builtins").round