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[snip] regex to match {foo} and {\nfoo\n}

Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> writes:

> Does this (between the "")
>
> "{[^}]*}"
>
> work for you?  

That works but I' don't understand why given that {.*} fails.  Any
enlightenment gratefully received!

-- 
Giles