README: clarify behavior of pyenv latest

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All Pyenv subcommands except `uninstall` automatically resolve full prefixes to the latest version in the corresponding version line.
`pyenv install` picks the latest known version while other subcommands -- the latest installed version.
`pyenv install` picks the latest known version, while other subcommands pick the latest installed version.
E.g. to install and then switch to the latest 3.10 release:
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pyenv global 3.10
```
You can run [`pyenv latest <prefix>`](COMMANDS.md#pyenv-latest) to see
what a specific prefix would be resolved to.
You can run [`pyenv latest -k <prefix>`](COMMANDS.md#pyenv-latest) to see how `pyenv install` would resolve a specific prefix, or [`pyenv latest <prefix>`](COMMANDS.md#pyenv-latest) to see how other subcommands would resolve it.
See the [`pyenv latest` documentation](COMMANDS.md#pyenv-latest) for details.