Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#23777: doc: follow-ups from #23365 (index backwards search)

e4a8d561ed doc: add explanations for assert in index and magic numbers in test (Martin Zumsande)

Pull request description:

  This adds two explanations suggested in the review of #23365,  that I didn't manage to address before that PR was merged:

  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/23365#discussion_r763981042
  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/23365#discussion_r763982639

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  jnewbery:
    ACK e4a8d561ed

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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class FeatureBlockfilterindexPruneTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
self.log.info("prune some blocks")
pruneheight = self.nodes[0].pruneblockchain(400)
# the prune heights used here and below are magic numbers that are determined by the
# thresholds at which block files wrap, so they depend on disk serialization and default block file size.
assert_equal(pruneheight, 248)
self.log.info("check if we can access the tips blockfilter when we have pruned some blocks")