Merge pull request #154 from wildcatdb/updates-f1326

issue #151 -- preserve tombstones during merges and fix deletion sema…

Merge pull request #147 from wildcatdb/go-125

GO 1.25 update

Merge pull request #145 from wildcatdb/go-version-1246

update go mod version for wildcat to go 1.24.6

Merge pull request #144 from wildcatdb/sl-optimizations-atomic

it was identified that the skiplist had a bottleneck on iterations, t…

Merge pull request #142 from wildcatdb/merge-iterator-optimizations

merge iterator optimizations to reduce complexities and allow for object pool patterns, lazy initiation of internal source iterators, dual heap, zero-copy, and reusable buffers.  These new optimizations allow for faster iterations-scans

Merge pull request #140 from wildcatdb/lru-new

I've written a simpler lru implementation for our use case.  No break…

Merge pull request #138 from wildcatdb/update-go-1245

Update library to latest go version.  Go versions are always backward…

Merge pull request #135 from wildcatdb/pr-062225.1

Mainly refactored db.go a tiny bit and remove removed LastTxnID as we…

Merge pull request #133 from wildcatdb/pr-061825.2

SSTable.get -- we need to make sure there is a bloom filter before ca…

Merge pull request #131 from wildcatdb/pr-061825.1

- db.go minor replacement of options and better comment explainations…