I'm trying to separate c function content from the function definition, and have *almost* got it. This code works in this example 
my $np;
$np=    qr{
        \{   
        (?:
            (?> [^ \{\} ]+)
            |
            (??{$np})
        )*
        \}
    }x;

my $text = "functio{1{2*3}}";

my $funcpat = qr/(\w+)($np)/ms;

if ($text =~/^$funcpat/ms){
    print "\n\nmatches\n";
    print "$1\n";
    print "$2\n";
    print $text;

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however, if I split the function over multiple line, like it will encounter in the wild, I can't match, even though I've added the -ms to cover multiple lines, like here: 
my $np;
$np=    qr{
        \{   
        (?:
            (?> [^ \{\} ]+)
            |
            (??{$np})
        )*
        \}
    }x;

my $text = "
functio
{
  1
    {2*3}
}";

my $funcpat = qr/(\w+)($np)/ms;

if ($text =~/^$funcpat/ms){
    print "\n\nmatches\n";
    print "$1\n";
    print "$2\n";
    print $text;

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Has anyone got any ideas as to what is going wrong? Cheers.

In reply to qr//ms problem by eg8rds

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