`code_hightlight()` doesn't like "\t"

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by running the provided reprex for cli::code_highlight() with the tab-containing string and inspect the implementation behind that entry point. Done means the highlighted output no longer duplicates the trailing "+1" when the input contains "\t".

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Description

bug
cat(cli::code_highlight(c("x\t+1")))
#> x    +1+1

Created on 2025-03-17 with reprex v2.1.0

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