[doc] Add RPC response notes

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@ -619,3 +619,8 @@ A few guidelines for introducing and reviewing new RPC interfaces:
  - *Rationale*: as well as complicating the implementation and interfering
    with the introduction of multi-wallet, wallet and non-wallet code should be
    separated to avoid introducing circular dependencies between code units.
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+- Try to make the RPC response a JSON object.
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+  - *Rationale*: If a RPC response is not a JSON object then it is harder to avoid API breakage if
+    new data in the response is needed.