Save as SVG is "expanding" transforms

When I apply a transform (such as a Shear) to an element, say a Rectangle, and save it as SVG, the rectangle is converted to a polygon where the vertices are tranformed by the shear. Due to our SVG workflow, we'd like to preserve the Rect in the SVG where the Rect has the trasform="matrix..." attribute containing the affine shear transform.
Note that the save as SVG operation even gives an error message before saving: "transforms are expanded" (but then it goes ahead and saves anyway.)
Is there any way not to "expand" the transform when saving the SVG?
Thanks,
~ Steve

No. It's AI's old paradigm that favors retaining appearance over editability... .You would have to use otehr programs that possibly retain those transforms.
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