From 6d164b48a05aaefed023127d1400c15ed8d05fcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 18:55:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] imp:journal: in amounts, also allow and ignore empty {} (or
 {{}})

---
 hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
index 5d5bcebfe..6a206a0c4 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ balanceassertionp = do
     }
 
 -- Parse a Ledger-style lot cost,
--- {UNITCOST} or {{TOTALCOST}} or {=FIXEDUNITCOST} or {{=FIXEDTOTALCOST}},
+-- {UNITCOST} or {{TOTALCOST}} or {=FIXEDUNITCOST} or {{=FIXEDTOTALCOST}} or {},
 -- and discard it.
 lotcostp :: JournalParser m ()
 lotcostp =
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ lotcostp =
   lift skipNonNewlineSpaces
   _fixed <- fmap isJust $ optional $ char '='
   lift skipNonNewlineSpaces
-  _a <- simpleamountp False
+  _a <- option 0 $ simpleamountp False
   lift skipNonNewlineSpaces
   char '}'
   when (doublebrace) $ void $ char '}'