.. deprecated:: 3.2 The :mod:`optparse` module is :term:`soft deprecated` and will not be developed further; development will continue with the :mod:`argparse` module. Here's an example of using ...

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 ...