Despite its name, `any` does not match any character (use `anychar`
for that) but is an old synonym for `not-newline` and `nonl`,
retained for compatibility with the obsolete `sregex` package.
(In SRE as defined by SRFI-115, `any` does match any character.)
There is also a mild but unnecessary confusion with the more
frequently used `any` construct for character alternatives.