patch 8.0.0372: more options are not always defined commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a713ff819d134dc34e507c05273c935bfc17e795 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Feb 25 22:18:43 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0372: more options are not always defined Problem: More options are not always defined. Solution: Consistently define all possible options.

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