David Merrill writes:
>
> So, valid values would include 2/3? And how would this be stored, by
> the approximation 0.6666666? Or as the actual text value "2/3"? You
> said that *each* of damount and value is a rational number, right?
> iow, what is a "suitable rational representation"?
>
> Why "d"amount?
My best guess is that it stands for 'debit'.
> What is the difference between a cleared balance and a reconciled
> balance? You typically don't know whether a transaction has cleared
> until you reconcile. Or, is that changing now that we have such
> creatures as downloadable updates from your bank?
You can mark a split as cleared in the register, separately from
marking it as reconciled.
> Am I correct, then, in visualizing a transaction as essentially a set
> of splits, within which the sum of debits must equal the sum of
> credits?
Yes.
dave
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