Question: What is the problem with Maple for this differential equation?

restart;
deq1 := diff(u(x, y), x) - diff(u(x, y), y$2) = exp(x+y);
                              /  2         \             
              / d         \   | d          |             
      deq1 := |--- u(x, y)| - |---- u(x, y)| = exp(x + y)
              \ dx        /   |   2        |             
                              \ dy         /             

deq2 := diff(u(x, y), x) - diff(u(x, y), y$2) = exp(1)^(x+y);
                            /  2         \                  
            / d         \   | d          |           (x + y)
    deq2 := |--- u(x, y)| - |---- u(x, y)| = (exp(1))       
            \ dx        /   |   2        |                  
                            \ dy         /                  

pdsolve(deq1, u(x,y));  ### no result
pdsolve(deq2, u(x,y));
                        /                                        
                        |                                        
PDESolStrucApplyFunction|uApplyFunction(x,y)=_F1ApplyFunction(x)
                        \                                        

                        1
  _F2ApplyFunction(y) - -
                        2

                       x+y                                                                                   
  (expApplyFunction(1))    (_C1 expApplyFunction(uminus0y)+_C2 expApplyFunction(y)+_C3 expApplyFunction(y) y)
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            _C3 expApplyFunction(y)                                          

  ,[{diffApplyFunction(_F1ApplyFunction(x),x)=_c[1] _F1

  ApplyFunction(x),diffApplyFunction(diffApplyFunction(_F2

                                                    \
                                                    |
  ApplyFunction(y),y),y)=_c[1] _F2ApplyFunction(y)}]|
                                                    /

No solution appears when the differential equation is expressed in standard form, but when exp(x + y) is converted to

exp(1)^(x + y) the correct solution appears.