commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b56195ed00a9a79aa6217cddbeedbc8cc7a5b6d8 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Jul 28 22:53:37 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.2112 Problem: getcompletion(.., 'dir') returns a match with trailing "*" when there are no matches. (Chdiza) Solution: Return an empty list when there are no matches. Add a trailing slash to directories. (Yegappan Lakshmanan) Add tests for no matches. (closes #947)

"Test for benchmarking the RE engine

so small.vim
if !has("reltime") | finish | endif
func! Measure(file, pattern, arg)
	for re in range(3)
	    let sstart=reltime()
	    let cmd=printf("../vim -u NONE -N --cmd ':set re=%d'".
		\ " -c 'call search(\"%s\", \"\", \"\", 10000)' -c ':q!' %s", re, escape(a:pattern, '\\'), empty(a:arg) ? '' : a:arg)
	    call system(cmd. ' '. a:file)
	    $put =printf('file: %s, re: %d, time: %s', a:file, re, reltimestr(reltime(sstart)))
	endfor
endfunc