Re: [Rails-devel] Further 1835 testing

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

On Friday, November 18, 2011 10:39:01 am Erik Vos wrote:
> > 3) Most people's definition of a "share" is such that the stock price
> 
> chart gives
> 
> > the price of one share.  Therefore, a "share" is 10%.
> 

That is definitely the best argument. for PR's share unit being 10%.
Could someone remind me (as a newbie to 1856) how does it work
for the Candian government railway if it issues 20 shares? Does the share 
price reflects still 10% or does it refer to 5%?

> Yes, that is a sensible point of view.  One problem is, though, that we
> must rethink how to report selling multiple shares.

Erik I even wondered how you got everything consistent with his definition 
PR's share unit being 5%?
I suspect you created a variable that defines something like "stock is quoted 
in multiples of 2".

> If a player sells two 5% certificates, what did he sell in terms of shares?
> One share?  Two 5% shares? Two half-shares?
> 

I prefer two "5% certificates". All other definitions end up being ambiguous 
in some constellation. I would even use an ID for the certificate types 
instead of the 5% attribute, as there might come up a game with various 
certificates that have the same nominal but differ in some other properties.

Stefan