check-code: remove simple quotes first

contrib/check-code.py

@@ -96,10 +96,10 b' pypats = ['
 ]
 
 pyfilters = [
+    (r'''(?<!")(")(([^"\n]|\\")+)"(?!")''', repquote),
+    (r"""(?<!')(')(([^'\n]|\\')+)'(?!')""", repquote),
     (r"""(''')(([^']|\\'|'{1,2}(?!'))*)'''""", repquote),
     (r'''(""")(([^"]|\\"|"{1,2}(?!"))*)"""''', repquote),
-    (r'''(?<!")(")(([^"\n]|\\")+)"(?!")''', repquote),
-    (r"""(?<!')(')(([^'\n]|\\')+)'(?!')""", repquote),
     (r"( *)(#([^\n]*\S)?)", repcomment),
 ]