patch 8.0.0309: cannot use an empty key in json commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/059b7482a2d9d4cebbf4c01b2b2ea6f1e783cc20 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Feb 5 16:34:43 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0309: cannot use an empty key in json Problem: Cannot use an empty key in json. Solution: Allow for using an empty key.

Test for search('multi-byte char', 'bce')

STARTTEST
:source small.vim
:source mbyte.vim
:set encoding=utf-8
:/^Test bce:/+1
:$put =search('Ａ', 'bce', line('.'))
:1;/^Results:/,$wq! test.out
ENDTEST

Results:

Test bce:
Ａ