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Fix obsolete nbtree README left link remarks.
Oversight in commit 1bd4bc8, which made nbtree backwards scans operate off of a copy of each page's left link as of the time of its call to _bt_readpage.
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@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ cannot miss any items it should have seen, nor accidentally return the same
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item twice. The scan must remember the page's right-link at the time it
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was scanned, since that is the page to move right to; if we move right to
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the current right-link then we'd re-scan any items moved by a page split.
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We don't similarly remember the left-link, since it's best to use the most
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up-to-date left-link when trying to move left (see detailed move-left
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algorithm below).
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We also remember the left-link, and follow it when the scan moves backwards
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(though this requires extra handling to account for concurrent splits of
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the left sibling; see detailed move-left algorithm below).
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In most cases we release our lock and pin on a page before attempting
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to acquire pin and lock on the page we are moving to. In a few places

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