commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6244a0fc29163ba1c734f92b55a89e01e6cf2a67 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Apr 14 14:09:25 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.1729 Problem: The Perl interface cannot use 'print' operator for writing directly in standard IO. Solution: Add a minimal implementation of PerlIO Layer feature and try to use it for STDOUT/STDERR. (Damien)

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