Hello,
According to what I have read in the docs
(https://beancount.github.io/docs/precision_tolerances.html#balance-assertions-padding),
on balance assertions "The tolerance is inferred automatically to be 1 unit
of the least significant digit of the number on the balance assertion." The
tolerance on regular transactions appears to be half of that.
What is the rational for inferring the tolerance to 1 unit of the least
significant digit rather than half that much? This seems a little
unintuitive to me and I would like to make sure I understand. For example
the following balance assertion would pass even though it is off by one
cent.
2021-01-01 * "Initial transaction"
Assets:Cash 0.49 USD
Equity:Opening-Balances
2021-01-02 balance Assets:Cash 0.50 USD
Is it best practice to use balance assertions with a higher degree of
precision than the base currency or to explicitly give a tolerance on each
assertion?
Thank you for your help.
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