[Kmymoney-devel] [Bug 256930] Investment and Net Worth reports values mutual funds with 1 instead of price

[Volker Paul]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256930


Volker Paul <volker.paul at v-paul.de> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|INVALID                     |REMIND




--- Comment #3 from Volker Paul <volker paul v-paul de>  2010-11-15 18:34:33 ---
I can't agree with this being "not a bug" (INVALID). 
It may be minor ("minor loss of function, or other problem where easy
workaround is present"). Entering data twice is a workaround at best.
And the example shows that the principle of least surprise (POLS)
is violated. (From Wikipedia:)
"It states that, when two elements of an interface conflict, or are ambiguous,
the behaviour should be that which will least surprise the user; in particular
a programmer should try to think of the behavior that will least surprise
someone who uses the program, rather than that behavior that is natural from
knowing the inner workings of the program."

Now when you buy a stock, in reality it first approximately holds its value
and the user is surprised if in KMyMoney's reports it suddenly
has a completely different value.

So this is surely not an ideal situation and requires a workaround.
While I can understand that you are too busy to implement it now,
I do think this is something a user normally wants to have,
so it's at least a wish, a "nice-to-have" feature, as it saves the user
extra work.

And it's easy to implement. Just open a dialog box 
asking the user: "Should this price for this security be entered
into prices at this date for later reference in reports?" and
if the user agrees, insert the price in the list.

What do the others think?

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