patch 8.0.0983: unnecessary check for NULL pointer commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3f9a1ff141412e9e85f7dff47d02946cb9be9228 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Aug 21 22:06:02 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0983: unnecessary check for NULL pointer Problem: Unnecessary check for NULL pointer. Solution: Remove the NULL check in dialog_changed(), it already happens in dialog_msg(). (Ken Takata)

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