patch 8.0.0655: not easy to make sure a function does not exist commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d6abcd154cdc6a8dd4b7c6ccad37617ea8a1b4aa Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Jun 22 19:15:24 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0655: not easy to make sure a function does not exist Problem: Not easy to make sure a function does not exist. Solution: Add ! as an optional argument to :delfunc.

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