# account names

# 1. "apply account" and "alias" affect "account" directives.
<
apply account c
alias c:a=b
account a
$ hledger -f - accounts
b

# 2. account directives can declare account type.
# Here "asset" is a liability, despite the name. So are its subaccounts.
# "b" is a liability. "b:bb" is an asset.
<
; a liability
account asset  L
; an asset
account b:bb   A
; a liability
account b      L

2018/1/1
  (asset:a)  1
  (b)        2
  (b:bb)     3

$ hledger -f - bs -N --flat
Balance Sheet 2018-01-01

             || 2018-01-01 
=============++============
 Assets      ||            
-------------++------------
 b:bb        ||          3 
=============++============
 Liabilities ||            
-------------++------------
 asset:a     ||         -1 
 b           ||         -2 

# 3. Tree mode. A little weird, b appears twice.
# It must be shown above bb, but since not an asset, its balance is excluded there.
# It is shown again in the liabilities section, this time with balance.
$ hledger -f - bs -N
Balance Sheet 2018-01-01

             || 2018-01-01 
=============++============
 Assets      ||            
-------------++------------
 b:bb        ||          3 
=============++============
 Liabilities ||            
-------------++------------
 asset:a     ||         -1 
 b           ||         -2 

# TODO
# a trailing : should give a clear error
# 2009/1/1
#  a:  1
# $ hledger -f - print
# >2 /accountname seems ill-formed: a:/
# >= 1