python -O -u vs. -Ou

[Peter Hansen]

Carsten Gaebler wrote:
> 
> There seems to be a difference between
> 
> #! /usr/bin/python -O -u
> 
> and
> 
> #! /usr/bin/python -Ou
> 
> Can anyone explain this to me?

I think "ou" is the British spelling, while "o" is
the American form.

(Sorry, lousy English language joke.  I'm leaving....)

(Words like "humor" and "vapor" are spelled 
"humour" and "vapour" in British and Canadian forms,
for anyone not well versed in this particular wart
of the English language.  Okay, I'm leaving again.)