getopt with negative numbers?

[Ben Finney]

Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com> writes:

> A user shouldn't have to go out of their way to specify regular
> numbers on the command line, regardless of whether they're positive
> or negative.

A user shouldn't have to go out of their way to know whether what they
type on a command line will be treated as an option or an argument.

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Ben Finney