#92 `xdump' fully functional before `break'

[Markus Armbruster]

xdump doesn't work before break. It would be nice if
it did. However, xdump discloses information that is
not normally available then.

Two broad classes of problems:

* Many commands to query information work only after
break (resource, level, land, ...). They could be made
available before, but without further changes that
makes them available for visitors as well. Easy to fix.

* Some commands have both a `do something' and a
`query' syntax (retreat, trade, mission, ...). This is
problematic, as the nation state restrictions and BTU
cost appropriate and necessary for `do something' also
applies to `query'[*]. Not easy to fix.

I fear xdump can't be made available before break
without fairly extensive changes in the command set.

[Markus Armbruster]

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xdump is now available before break, but denies access to
game state tables then. Same for visitors.