Could I get a compile_commands.json file using setuptools?

[rolfma19]

I want to write a python extension in c++ and use setuptools to build it. I code in vscode and it can't give me intellisense when writing the c++ part. When I write pure c++ code, I use cmake to build and it can generate a compile_commands.json with:

cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1

so that clangd can give me intellisense. Can the setuptools generate a compile_commands.json when building a c++ extension?

[rolfma19]

Now, I can get the compile_commands.json with:

def create_compile_commands(path='build'):
  import os
  path=os.path.realpath(path)
  os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
  ninja_files=[]
  for root, dirs, files in os.walk('./'):
        for file in files:  
            if file=="build.ninja":
              ninja_files.append(os.path.join(root, file))
  assert len(ninja_files)==1, "The number of 'build.ninja' file must be 1."
  
  real_path=os.path.realpath(ninja_files[0])
  dir_name=os.path.dirname(real_path)
  
  output_path=os.path.join(path,"compile_commands.json")
  os.system(f"cd {dir_name} && ninja -t compdb > {output_path}")
  print(f"Generate {os.path.relpath(output_path)}")

This method seems to be only available on linux, is there a better way? Looking forward to your answers！