doc: clarify flow control behaviour for nghttp2_session_send()

The previous wording implied that if send_callback doesn't return
NGHTTP2_ERR_WOULDBLOCK, this function would always send all
submitted requests / data. This is not the case, since flow control can
cause some data to remain queued until WINDOW_UPDATE is received.
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@ -2853,7 +2853,8 @@ NGHTTP2_EXTERN void nghttp2_session_del(nghttp2_session *session);
* outbound queue and sends it to the remote peer. It does this as
* many as possible until the user callback
* :type:`nghttp2_send_callback` returns
* :enum:`NGHTTP2_ERR_WOULDBLOCK` or the outbound queue becomes empty.
* :enum:`NGHTTP2_ERR_WOULDBLOCK`, the outbound queue becomes empty
* or remote window size becomes depleted due to flow control.
* This function calls several callback functions which are passed
* when initializing the |session|. Here is the simple time chart
* which tells when each callback is invoked: