hledger/tests/misc/precision.test
Simon Michael 8d75635505 print: limit display precision of generated prices (#262)
When a transaction posts to two commodities without specifying the
conversion price, we generate a price which makes it balance
(cf http://hledger.org/manual.html#prices).

Until now, these generated prices were always shown with full precision
(all available decimal digits) so that a manual calculation with the
displayed numbers would agree.

If there's just one posting in the commodity being priced, we can use an
exact total price and the precision is no problem.

But if there are multiple postings in the commodity being priced, we
must show the averaged unit price. This can be an irrational number,
which with our current Decimal-based implementation would display an
excessive 255 decimal digits. So in this case we now set the price's
display precision to the sum of the (max) display precisions of the
commodities involved. An example:

hledgerdev -f- print
<<<
1/1
    c    C 10.00
    c    C 11.00
    d  D -320.00
>>>
2015/01/01
    c  C 10.00 @ D 15.2381
    c  C 11.00 @ D 15.2381
    d     D -320.00

>>>=0

There might still be cases where this will show more price decimal
places than necessary. For now, YAGNI.
2015-05-27 14:21:19 -07:00

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# http://code.google.com/p/hledger/issues/detail?id=23
#
# 1. original test case, this should balance since price precisions do
# not affect the canonical display precisions used for display and balancing
hledgerdev -f - print
<<<
2010/1/1 x
A 55.3653 C @ 30.92189512 D
A -1712 D
>>>
2010/01/01 x
A 55.3653 C @ 30.92189512 D
A -1712 D
>>>=0
## 1b. here $'s canonical display precision should be 2 not 4
## XXX no, because the inferred amount $1.0049 is observed
# hledgerdev -f - print --cost
# <<<
# 2010/1/1
# a $0.00
# a 1C @ $1.0049
# a
# >>>
# 2010/01/01
# a 0
# a $1.00
# a $-1.00
#
# >>>=0
# 2. and here the price should be printed with its original precision, not
# the canonical display precision
hledgerdev -f - print
<<<
2010/1/1
a $0.00
a 1C @ $1.0049
a
>>>
2010/01/01
a 0
a 1C @ $1.0049
a $-1.0049
>>>=0
# 3. with $'s display precision at 3 or more, this txn should not balance.
# The error message shows the difference with full precision.
hledgerdev -f - balance --no-total --cost --empty
<<<
2010/1/1
a 1C @ $1.0049
a $-1.000
>>>2 /off by \$0.0049/
>>>= 1
# 4. with $'s display precision at 2 or less, this txn should balance
hledgerdev -f - balance --no-total --cost --empty
<<<
2010/1/1
a 1C @ $1.0049
a $-1.00
>>>
0 a
>>>=0
# 5. avamk's 2011/1/19 example
hledgerdev -f - balance --cost
<<<
2001/01/01 * ACME fund
assets:investment:ACME 203.890 ACME @ $16.02
equity:opening balances
>>>
$3266.32 assets:investment:ACME
$-3266.32 equity:opening balances
--------------------
0
>>>=0
# hledger 0.14pre: precision=2, presumably from price
# $3266.32 assets:investment:ACME
# $-3266.32 equity:opening balances
#--------------------
# $0.00
#
# ledger "2.6.0.90" with -s: full precision, ignores price
# $3266.3178 assets:investment:ACME
# $-3266.3178 equity:opening balances
#
# ledger 3: precision=0, uses default, ignores price
# $3266 assets:investment:ACME
# $-3266 equity:opening balances
#--------------------
# 0
## 6. with a default commodity.. XXX should observe it
hledgerdev -f - balance --cost
<<<
D $1000.0
2001/01/01 * ACME fund
assets:investment:ACME 203.890 ACME @ $16.02
equity:opening balances
>>>
$3266.32 assets:investment:ACME
$-3266.32 equity:opening balances
--------------------
0
>>>=0
### hledger 0.14pre: precision=2, presumably from price, ignores D
### $3266.32 assets:investment:ACME
### $-3266.32 equity:opening balances
###--------------------
### $0.00
###
### ledger "2.6.0.90" with -s: full precision, ignores price and D
### $3266.3178 assets:investment:ACME
### $-3266.3178 equity:opening balances
###
### ledger 3: precision=1, ignores price, observes D
### $3266.3 assets:investment:ACME
### $-3266.3 equity:opening balances
###--------------------
### 0
#
# 7. when there are multiple postings in the commodity being priced,
# show the averaged unit price, with precision equal to the sum of
# the max precisions of the commodities being converted (#262).
# Here the (irrational) price should be displayed with just precision 4
# (C's precision 2 + D's precision 2).
hledgerdev -f- print
<<<
1/1
c C 10.00
c C 11.00
d D -320.00
>>>
2015/01/01
c C 10.00 @ D 15.2381
c C 11.00 @ D 15.2381
d D -320.00
>>>=0
## 8. Here the price should be displayed with precision 7
# (E's precision 4 + F's precision 3).
hledgerdev -f- print
<<<
1/1
e E 10.0000
e E 11
f F -320.000
>>>
2015/01/01
e E 10.0000 @ F 15.2380952
e E 11.0000 @ F 15.2380952
f F -320.000
>>>=0