n repeats *-search incorrectly

[mbertheau]

With this document, pointer at |:

|foo
foo_bar

1. Hit *
2. Observe there's only one match, so n doesn't move the point
3. Esc out of the micro-mode
4. Hit n

Expected: Only one match as before, n doesn't move the point

Actual: Two matches, n moves to the second match.

Apparently * performs the equivalent of /\<foo\>, whereas n just does /foo.

[StreakyCobra]

n is a functionality of evil for searching for text occurences, * is a functionality of auto-highlight-symbol to look for symbols. So what you described seems a normal behaviour for me, but having n repeating the last ahs search may be an improvement 😄

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