All O`one Data Structure

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  1. 01Map each key to its current count bucket.
  2. 02Link nonempty count buckets in increasing order.
  3. 03On increment, move key to count plus one bucket.
  4. 04On decrement, move key to count minus one or remove it.
  5. 05Read min and max from sentinel neighbors.

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