in lib/src/highlighter.dart [413:431]
void _writeUnderline(_Line line, SourceSpan span, String character) {
assert(!isMultiline(span));
assert(line.text.contains(span.text),
'"${line.text}" should contain "${span.text}"');
var startColumn = span.start.column;
var endColumn = span.end.column;
// Adjust the start and end columns to account for any tabs that were
// converted to spaces.
final tabsBefore = _countTabs(line.text.substring(0, startColumn));
final tabsInside = _countTabs(line.text.substring(startColumn, endColumn));
startColumn += tabsBefore * (_spacesPerTab - 1);
endColumn += (tabsBefore + tabsInside) * (_spacesPerTab - 1);
_buffer
..write(' ' * startColumn)
..write(character * math.max(endColumn - startColumn, 1));
}