Claim the “unused” page header field for future extensibility

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      So that WT-16512 remains possible, we should reserve the unused field in the page header to support future extensibility.

      We should do the following:

      • Rename the unused field to reserved.
      • Add a comment with FIXME-WT-16512 for that field that explains its future intended use case.

      This would prevent someone else from reusing the field for a different purpose, which would prevent us from making the header extensible in the near future.

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            Peter Macko
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            Peter Macko
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