~| now incorporates the number of characters described so far
Therefore, subsequent uses of ~N| now yield the specified column,
instead of potentially overshooting.
Example:
?- format("hello~|~t~8|!", []).
hello ! true.
Such cases are probably rather uncommon: Relative positioning with ~N+
is more likely to be used in such cases, and that worked as intended
also previously as it does now:
?- format("hello~|~t~3+!", []).
hello ! true.
In fact, if absolute positions are used, then ~| can be omitted entirely: