Well to clarify bitcoind "core" works as expected. IMHO the accounts functionality have always been next to worthless (there are other edge cases which can cause unexpected problems). Most people wouldn't miss it if accounts were moved completely and it would avoid these kind of x-y questions.
I think bitcoind accounts are not worthless because custom reimplementation of the functionality cost long time for each custom implementation and testing.
It is already implemented and tested and provides methods you would maybe implemented, so it saves time in general.
Yes, if you implement totally custom account ledger because it has to be specific, bitcoind account functions are useless - you just need assign id to each address or whatever.
But in my situation I do not have resources (time/people) to reimplement it safely with testing.
Its bad design decision that the same wallet user use as client is on the server. But the client is still not final, so...
I would say that it is easier to be aware of and fix edge cases than to properly reimplement accounts.
What problems bitcoind accounts have? Everyone across the web says about problems, but I have encountered only a few:
1. Fee is added after sendfrom method internal check, so account may have (slightly) negative balance after withdrawal.
2. In the move method, the minconfirmations parameter does not work and is useless - but the wiki documentation describes it. The workaround is to use semaphore/lock/synchronized method/synchronized block and test balance, then move.
3. "" account is weird and I do not like that some methods work with "" implicitly. I just made my RPC interface ignore the methods and "" account.
4. No watching-only wallet support. This is the main reason I am looking for bitcoind alternative, because the cold storage design rocks. I am fine with warning and forcing users to not having large amounts in my app until there is nice cold storage solution or my app became more popular (do not worry, I am not launching any magic). I know the pywallet workaround with keypool and AFAIK it is tbe best solution for bitcoind.
