commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a542c680a8b42cb766e64d4ee7374ef4dacb7832 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Jan 31 16:28:04 2016 +0100 patch 7.4.1223 Problem: Crash when setting v:errors to a number. Solution: Free the typval without assuming its type. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)

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