Replace three small integers with symbolic constants.
    TRANS_HDR_LEN = 23
    DATA_HDR_LEN = 42
    DATA_VERSION_HDR_LEN = 58
The constants make it easier to remember what kind of header is being
read and/or what kind of offset is being computed.

Refactor commitVersion():
    - Keep locking & arg checking in commitVersion(), but move actual
      commit logic to _commitVersion().  This removes a level of
      indentation.

    - Remove local vars that alias attributes of other vars

Add a few more POSKeyError exceptions.