:mod:`optparse` is a more convenient, flexible, and powerful library for parsing command-line options than the old :mod:`getopt` module. :mod:`optparse` uses a more declarative style of command-line ...

optparse provides an object-oriented interface. Even if it has less features than argparse, it is more stable and has less bugs. It should be the preferable Python module for CLI. Linked PRs gh-126180 ...