Oh, by the way. It isn't an answer to your question exactly, but the syntax gets generated by beangulp, which in turn uses beancount.parser.printer.
Beangulp line: https://github.com/beancount/beangulp/blob/master/beangulp/extract.py#L133 Op zondag 30 januari 2022 om 02:29:23 UTC+1 schreef Alan H: > Martin; Is there a pointer to the cost spec that includes / explains the > '#' notation. I will admit I didn't find it. > Alan > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 00:27, Martin Blais <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh wow... it's subtle: >> >> 2022-01-29 * "Income" >> Income:Other -100.00 EUR >> Assets:CoinA 1.00 COINA {100 EUR, 2022-01-29} >> >> 2022-01-29 * "Convert" >> Assets:CoinA -1.00 COINA *{100 EUR, 2022-01-29}* >> *^^^ here this gets matched against 1.00 COINA in the Assets:CoinA >> account, and so resolved against that posting.* >> >> Assets:CoinB 2.00 COINB *{50 EUR, 2022-01-29}* >> *^^^ here this has a degree of freedom in the per-unit cost, and that >> gets filled in to -100, in order to balance with the other posting in the >> transaction.* >> >> Behavior is as expected, but admittedly confusing. >> Remember: >> - reducing (closing) transactions will be matched against existing >> inventory >> - augmenting (opening) transactions will be interpolated when necessary. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 7:21 PM Martin Blais <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Looks a bug to me. >>> I think your interpretation is correct. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 1:36 PM Thomas den Hollander < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a question. It is either something I don't understand about the >>>> cost system or a bug. Why does the following code snippet balance? >>>> >>>> 2022-01-29 commodity COINA >>>> 2022-01-29 commodity COINB >>>> >>>> 2022-01-29 open Income:Other >>>> 2022-01-29 open Assets:CoinA COINA >>>> 2022-01-29 open Assets:CoinB COINB >>>> >>>> 2022-01-29 * "Income" >>>> Income:Other -100.00 EUR >>>> Assets:CoinA 1.00 COINA {# 100.00 EUR} >>>> >>>> 2022-01-29 * "Convert" >>>> ; Why does this transaction balance? >>>> Assets:CoinA -1.00 COINA {# 100.00 EUR} >>>> Assets:CoinB 2.00 COINB {# 200.00 EUR} >>>> >>>> Shouldn't the transaction give -100.00 + 200.00 = 100.00 != 0? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Beancount" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/7d06d7e7-c000-42cf-ae5d-1b67beba69d0n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/7d06d7e7-c000-42cf-ae5d-1b67beba69d0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Beancount" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beancount/majra9X_W_w/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAK21%2BhMaBo-Ye4riOLjxfcsgekPxsWyYDe-3srKK2YU8Y8pYCQ%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAK21%2BhMaBo-Ye4riOLjxfcsgekPxsWyYDe-3srKK2YU8Y8pYCQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > a l a n a t p o l y p h a s e d o t c a > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/1e114303-7e21-4fbf-a73f-ef2a9b966f8en%40googlegroups.com.
