To reproduce
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Ensure evil-search-module is customized to evil-search
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Create a new buffer with the following contents:
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/ b a r RET (now bar is highlighted)
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l v g g 0 (select from beginning of buffer through a in bar)
Screenshots

Notice that it is impossible to determine where the visual selection ends, because it is inside a highlighted search result.
In Vim, the visual selection's highlighting overrides the search result, so you can see the whole extent of the selection.
