[tz] Tab/Space Formatting Inconsistency - Asia Ver 2023c

[Paul Eggert]

On 12/7/23 06:31, Gary Cho via tz wrote:
> 1) Line 3463 to 3569  -  Rule should be followed by a tab instead of a space
> 2) Line 3587 ,3589,3591,3593  - STDOFF should be followed by a tab instead of space
> 3) Line 3096  - STDOFF should be followed by a tab instead of space

As Alois writes, this is merely a visual appearance issue; it doesn't 
affect the meaning of the data.

Spaces are sometimes used instead of tabs, when using a tab would cause 
columns or lines to not fit. For example, consider the line:

Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S

where the first separator is a space but the others are tabs. If the 
space were changed to tab, the third text column would shift right from 
character column 17 to character column 25. The remaining text columns 
would all shift right too, and the resulting line would be 81 character 
columns rather than its current 73.

We prefer data to be 80 character columns or less for the usual reasons; 
see, for example <https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EightyColumnRule>. So 
we use a space instead of a tab there.