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Follow GNU CLI conventions for options: e.g. accept -T=4 and -T4 not just -T 4 #35

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@corneliusroemer

I've noticed that the CLI interface doesn't allow common patterns used by most CLI tools, concretely: "don't require args to be passed after whitespace, also accept after = and when being a short arg allow them directly (-T4 is same as -T 4)

Right now I get this:

$ ./cmaple -T4
Invalid "-T4" option.
$ ./cmaple -T=4
Invalid "-T=4" option.

This is a great guide for making nice CLIs: https://clig.dev/#arguments-and-flags

Some concrete libraries you could use:

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