Clean up RPC help messages (rebased) #3246

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   laanwj commented at 1:55 pm on November 13, 2013: member

   Rebased (and pulltester-fixed) version of #3184
2. Issue #1865 - Clean up RPC help messages

   Based on the proposal, update the help message of rpc methods
   - strings arguments are in double quotes rather than square brackets
   - numeric arguments have no quotes (and no default value)
   - optional parameters are surrounded by round brackets
   - json arguments are strings but don't use double quotes
   
   Added 3 sections for the details
   - Arguments: lists each argument, it's type, required or not, a default, and a description
   - Result: The method result, with json format if applicable, type, and a description
   - Examples: examples calls using bitcoin-cli and curl for json rpc call
   
   Problems
   - maybe this is too verbose
   - lines might be too long
   - description are not good or complete
   - examples may be too much

   a6099ef319
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   BitcoinPullTester commented at 2:25 pm on November 13, 2013: none

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