account organization

[Andrew Pimlott]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:29:31AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Negative.  Opening Balances have a very concise meaning in GAP, and
> storing them as account metadata would violate that meaning.  When you
> "close the books" at the end of the period you wind up running the
> opening balances in reverse....

Interesting.  It seems that this may not be the most convenient
method for personal accounting (at least, not for mine), but I
understand the reasons for sticking to standard practices.

Andrew