Is it bad to have money in non-leaf accounts in hledger?

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I recall that in ledger, weird things have happened (in the past, anyway) when money lives in non-leaf accounts.

So good practice was (300 under the sofa in total; I'm not trying to use any special syntax here, just listing out balances by account):

Assets:Savings:Sofa:Unallocated        100
Assets:Savings:Sofa:HolidaySavings     100
Assets:Savings:Sofa:Emergency          100

and not:

Assets:Savings:Sofa                    100
Assets:Savings:Sofa:HolidaySavings     100
Assets:Savings:Sofa:Emergency          100

Is the same true in the case of hledger? Why / why not?

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There's no problem doing that with either of them, it's just that producing clear reports can be a bit easier when related balances are all at the same depth. I think your Unallocated account is a good idea.

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