commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ea3f2e7be447a8f0c4436869620f908de5e8ef1e Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Jul 10 20:27:32 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.2023 Problem: buflist_findname_stat() may find a dummy buffer. Solution: Set the BF_DUMMY flag after loading a dummy buffer. Start finding buffers from the end of the list.

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