On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Simon Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> Re virtual postings (I think of them as (non-balanced) and > [separately-balanced] postings): I think it's good to allow them - the > non-balanced kind, at least - as an escape valve, since most users are > not expert in double entry bookkeeping starting out. > I don't understand this logic. Providing an "escape" valve is exactly the wrong thing to do. We can write off this discussion to a difference in attitudes; I prefer not to allow the creation of invalid data and barf instead. It's really not that hard to learn to do things right. Maybe you think of that as "advanced"; I think of that as the starting point. Separately balanced postings are equivalent to another set of transactions that you can turn on and off, e.g. all associated with a special tag across the entire file. Wholly unnecessary: users can use two transactions instead. If really desired, recreatable in Beancount by using a plugin that filters out postings with a particular per-posting flag. I also think there are times when they are a valid choice for an > experienced user. For example I use them to note invoices I've sent, > which otherwise would have no place in my cash-basis journal. > > These postings can easily be found and replaced with balanced postings > later as you get more sophisticated. > > Sometimes strict correctness checking is a higher priority than > short-term productivity. I'll misquote Orwell: Productivity is correctness. Freedom is slavery. Balance is strength. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
