[issue37247] swap distutils build_ext and build_py commands to allow proper SWIG extension installation

[Jeroen Demeyer]

Jeroen Demeyer <J.Demeyer at UGent.be> added the comment:

> SWIG creates the files correctly in the build_ext command

One could argue that running SWIG should be an entirely different step, not part of build_ext.

I'm afraid that your idea of swapping build_ext and build_py will be rejected because it has a high chance of breaking stuff: we have always done build_py before build_ext and packages probably rely on this order.

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nosy: +jdemeyer

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