We cannot assume the leftNodeKey and rigthNodeKey is finalized at the hash calculation stage, they will be re-assigned in saveNewNodes. IAVL V1 doesn’t ensure leftNodeKey and rightNodeKey updates when rotating, only update leftNode and rightNode relations in-memory, and children nodeKey will be resolved at the commit stage.
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We cannot assume the
leftNodeKeyandrigthNodeKeyis finalized at the hash calculation stage, they will be re-assigned insaveNewNodes. IAVL V1 doesn’t ensure leftNodeKey and rightNodeKey updates when rotating, only update leftNode and rightNode relations in-memory, and children nodeKey will be resolved at the commit stage.