commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/58adb14739fa240ca6020cede9ab1f1cb07bd90a Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jan 16 21:50:51 2016 +0100 patch 7.4.1108 Problem: Expanding "~" halfway a file name. Solution: Handle the file name as one name. (Marco Hinz) Add a test. Closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/564.

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