[issue32957] distutils.command.install checks truthiness of .ext_modules instead of calling .has_ext_modules()

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[issue32957] distutils.command.install checks truthiness of .ext_modules instead of calling .has_ext_modules()

Change by Korijn Van Golen : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +5679 stage: -> patch review ___ Python tracker ___

[issue32957] distutils.command.install checks truthiness of .ext_modules instead of calling .has_ext_modules()

New submission from Korijn Van Golen : distutils' Distribution class has a method has_ext_modules() that is used to determine if any extension modules are included in a distribution. There remains a call site in distutils.command.install where