"Better option" from the python library, any list?
<p>I just found out the existence of the optparse module. I personally always used getopt, so I did not care to look for something better. It's clear, however, that optparse is much more advanced, so I would expect it to be the preferred way in the future to get options from the command line.</p>

<p>Anyway, this event struck me. I am now wondering if there are modules or functions out there I am using since the beginning of time, that have much better alternatives in the standard library. Is there such a compact and quick to browse list, on the liking of "previous solutions: getopt. better solution: optparse (since python 2.x)" ?</p>

<p><strong>Edit</strong> marked as CW as agreed.</p>

<ul>
<li>parsing command line options: getopt, optparse, argparse</li>
<li>package management: distutils, setuptools</li>
</ul>
