Mark distutils as py.typed
#338
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I thought this wouldn't do anything shipped as a setuptools submodule, but it turns out pyright does understand it as part of its support for submodules for namespace packages. So it's actually useful.
The spec isn't completely clear here. But for type-checkers that understand it: it's a benefit. And for those that don't, nothing changes.
I think
distutils/compilers
is considered a namespace package, hence the need for the secondpy.typed
Without:

With:

Relates to:
distutils-stubs
on install setuptools#4861