[wallet] Clarify rpc help message with regard to rounding

MarcoFalke · MarcoFalke · commit faf671bca6d2 · 2016-01-13T12:06:24.000+01:00
diff --git a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ UniValue createrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             "     ]\n"
             "2. \"outputs\"             (string, required) a json object with outputs\n"
             "    {\n"
-            "      \"address\": x.xxx   (numeric, required) The key is the bitcoin address, the value is the " + CURRENCY_UNIT + " amount\n"
+            "      \"address\": x.xxx   (numeric or string, required) The key is the bitcoin address, the numeric value (can be string) is the " + CURRENCY_UNIT + " amount\n"
             "      \"data\": \"hex\",     (string, required) The key is \"data\", the value is hex encoded data\n"
             "      ...\n"
             "    }\n"
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -388,11 +388,11 @@ UniValue sendtoaddress(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     if (fHelp || params.size() < 2 || params.size() > 5)
         throw runtime_error(
             "sendtoaddress \"bitcoinaddress\" amount ( \"comment\" \"comment-to\" subtractfeefromamount )\n"
-            "\nSend an amount to a given address. The amount is a real and is rounded to the nearest 0.00000001\n"
+            "\nSend an amount to a given address.\n"
             + HelpRequiringPassphrase() +
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. \"bitcoinaddress\"  (string, required) The bitcoin address to send to.\n"
-            "2. \"amount\"      (numeric, required) The amount in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + " to send. eg 0.1\n"
+            "2. \"amount\"      (numeric or string, required) The amount in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + " to send. eg 0.1\n"
             "3. \"comment\"     (string, optional) A comment used to store what the transaction is for. \n"
             "                             This is not part of the transaction, just kept in your wallet.\n"
             "4. \"comment-to\"  (string, optional) A comment to store the name of the person or organization \n"
@@ -864,13 +864,12 @@ UniValue sendfrom(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     if (fHelp || params.size() < 3 || params.size() > 6)
         throw runtime_error(
             "sendfrom \"fromaccount\" \"tobitcoinaddress\" amount ( minconf \"comment\" \"comment-to\" )\n"
-            "\nDEPRECATED (use sendtoaddress). Sent an amount from an account to a bitcoin address.\n"
-            "The amount is a real and is rounded to the nearest 0.00000001."
+            "\nDEPRECATED (use sendtoaddress). Sent an amount from an account to a bitcoin address."
             + HelpRequiringPassphrase() + "\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. \"fromaccount\"       (string, required) The name of the account to send funds from. May be the default account using \"\".\n"
             "2. \"tobitcoinaddress\"  (string, required) The bitcoin address to send funds to.\n"
-            "3. amount                (numeric, required) The amount in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + " (transaction fee is added on top).\n"
+            "3. amount                (numeric or string, required) The amount in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + " (transaction fee is added on top).\n"
             "4. minconf               (numeric, optional, default=1) Only use funds with at least this many confirmations.\n"
             "5. \"comment\"           (string, optional) A comment used to store what the transaction is for. \n"
             "                                     This is not part of the transaction, just kept in your wallet.\n"
@@ -935,7 +934,7 @@ UniValue sendmany(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             "1. \"fromaccount\"         (string, required) DEPRECATED. The account to send the funds from. Should be \"\" for the default account\n"
             "2. \"amounts\"             (string, required) A json object with addresses and amounts\n"
             "    {\n"
-            "      \"address\":amount   (numeric) The bitcoin address is the key, the numeric amount in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + " is the value\n"
+            "      \"address\":amount   (numeric or string) The bitcoin address is the key, the numeric amount (can be string) in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + " is the value\n"
             "      ,...\n"
             "    }\n"
             "3. minconf                 (numeric, optional, default=1) Only use the balance confirmed at least this many times.\n"
@@ -2180,7 +2179,7 @@ UniValue settxfee(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             "settxfee amount\n"
             "\nSet the transaction fee per kB. Overwrites the paytxfee parameter.\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
-            "1. amount         (numeric, required) The transaction fee in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kB rounded to the nearest 0.00000001\n"
+            "1. amount         (numeric or sting, required) The transaction fee in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kB\n"
             "\nResult\n"
             "true|false        (boolean) Returns true if successful\n"
             "\nExamples:\n"
