There's no way to do this. See here for background: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qPdNXaz5zuDQ8M9uoZFyyFis7hA0G55BEfhWhrVBsfc/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.axs6y16wohk9 TL;DR: the AST and finalized data structures should eventually be split and the AST ones are the ones you would create to do this.
On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM Zoltan <[email protected]> wrote: > The Beancount documentation says it supports "total cost" or "total price" > using @@ symbols: > https://beancount.github.io/docs/beancount_language_syntax.html > > The grammar file of Beancount also has separate, distinct entries for @ > and @@. > > I do currency exchanges(with no additional, explicit fees). For me, it is > cleaner to declare the amount I paid and received than only the amount I > paid and fiddle with the many digits of the exchange rate. > For example, this is what I would like to have: > 2025-01-01 * "Exchanged to GBP" > Assets:Bank:EUR -117 EUR @@ 100 GBP > Assets:Bank:GBP > > And this is what I would like to avoid: > 2025-01-01 * "Exchanged to GBP" > Assets:Bank:EUR -117 EUR @ 0.854700855 GBP > Assets:Bank:GBP > > I'm writing an importer by extending beangulp.importers.csvbase.Importer > and I'm using beancount.core.data. I couldn't find any reference in the > documentation how to declare total cost(@@) using the python API. > > Is it possible to generate clean records of currency exchanges using an > importer script where the transaction only declares the total amount paid > and received? > > -- > 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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/04770ab4-f822-4be3-addd-28bd6d4e1ec4n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/04770ab4-f822-4be3-addd-28bd6d4e1ec4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAK21%2BhOpc0asmhrpNWLqxqnYcFWeRu3ckd61PUXX_U0-3gNX1w%40mail.gmail.com.
