patch 8.0.1172: when E734 is given option is still set commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2a6a6c3014e728cd01c750b0f60484d4eaf22a8c Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Oct 2 19:29:48 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.1172: when E734 is given option is still set Problem: When E734 is given option is still set. Solution: Assign NULL to "s". (Christian Brabandt)

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