ProjectQ v0.6.0

Added

• New backend for the IonQ platform
• New backend for the AWS Braket platform
• New gates for quantum math operations on quantum registers
• Support for state-dependent control qubits (ie. negatively or positively controlled gates)

Changed

• Name of the single parameter of the LocalOptimizer has been changed from m to cache_size in order to better represent its actual use.

Deprecated

• Compatibility with Python <= 3.5
• LocalOptimizer(m=10) should be changed into LocalOptimizer(cache_size=10). Using of the old name is still possible, but is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of ProjectQ.

Fixed

• Installation on Mac OS Big Sur
• IBM Backend issues with new API

Removed

• Compatibility with Python 2.7
• Support for multi-qubit measurement gates has been dropped; use All(Measure) | qureg instead

Repository

• Use setuptools-scm for versioning

• Added .editorconfig file

• Added pyproject.toml and setup.cfg

• Added CHANGELOG.md

• Added support for GitHub Actions

  • Build and testing on various plaforms and compilers
  • Automatic draft of new release
  • Automatic publication of new release once ready
  • Automatic upload of releases artifacts to PyPi and GitHub

• Added pre-commit configuration file

• Updated cibuildwheels action to v1.11.1

• Updated thomaseizinger/create-pull-request action to v1.1.0