commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9bbf63dbf8286fadc0cd6b3428010abb67b1b64d Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jan 16 16:49:28 2016 +0100 patch 7.4.1105 Problem: When using slices there is a mixup of variable name and namespace. Solution: Recognize variables that can't be a namespace. (Hirohito Higashi)

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