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@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ One workaround is to isolate each commodity into its own subaccount:
a:euro 0 == 1€
```
### Assertions and prices
### Assertions and costs
Balance assertions ignore [costs](#costs),
and should normally be written without one:
@ -1520,10 +1520,10 @@ and should normally be written without one:
(a) $1 @ €1 = $1
```
We do allow prices to be written there, however, and [print](#print) shows them,
even though they don't affect whether the assertion passes or fails.
This is for backward compatibility (hledger's [close](#close) command used to generate balance assertions with prices),
and because [balance *assignments*](#balance-assignments) do use them (see below).
We do allow costs to be written in balance assertion amounts, however, and [print](#print) shows them,
but they don't affect whether the assertion passes or fails.
This is for backward compatibility (hledger's [close](#close) command used to generate balance assertions with costs),
and because [balance *assignments*](#balance-assignments) do use costs (see below).
### Assertions and subaccounts