# Note: Sphinx uses the docstring of this singleton class object as the documentation of the

# `CASE_DEFAULT` object.

"""A special object that represents the "default" case of a switch statement. If you use this

as a case target, it must be the last case, and will match anything that wasn't already matched.

When using the builder interface of :meth:`.QuantumCircuit.switch`, this can also be accessed as

the ``DEFAULT`` attribute of the bound case-builder object."""

def __repr__(self):

"""A circuit operation that executes one particular circuit block based on matching a given

``target`` against an ordered list of ``values``. The special value :data:`.CASE_DEFAULT` can

be used to represent a default condition.

"""

def __init__(

self,

target: Clbit | ClassicalRegister | expr.Expr,

cases: Iterable[Tuple[Any, QuantumCircuit]],

*,

label: Optional[str] = None,

):

"""

Args:

target: the real-time value to switch on.

cases: an ordered iterable of the corresponding value of the ``target`` and the circuit

block that should be executed if this is matched. There is no fall-through between

blocks, and the order matters.

"""

# pylint: disable=cyclic-import

from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit

if isinstance(target, expr.Expr):

if target.type.kind not in (types.Uint, types.Bool):

raise CircuitError(

"the switch target must be an expression with type 'Uint(n)' or 'Bool()',"

f" not '{target.type}'"

)

elif not isinstance(target, (Clbit, ClassicalRegister)):

raise CircuitError("the switch target must be a classical bit or register")

if isinstance(target, expr.Expr):

target_bits = 1 if target.type.kind is types.Bool else target.type.width

else:

target_bits = 1 if isinstance(target, Clbit) else len(target)

target_max = (1 << target_bits) - 1

case_ids = set()

num_qubits, num_clbits = None, None

self.target = target

self._case_map = {}

"""Mapping of individual jump values to block indices. This level of indirection is to let

us more easily track the case of multiple labels pointing to the same circuit object, so

it's easier for things like `assign_parameters`, which need to touch each circuit object

exactly once, to function."""

self._label_spec: List[Tuple[Union[int, Literal[CASE_DEFAULT]], ...]] = []

"""List of the normalised jump value specifiers. This is a list of tuples, where each tuple

contains the values, and the indexing is the same as the values of `_case_map` and

`_params`."""

self._params = []

"""List of the circuit bodies used. This form makes it simpler for things like

:meth:`.replace_blocks` and :class:`.QuantumCircuit.assign_parameters` to do their jobs

without accidentally mutating the same circuit instance more than once."""

for i, (value_spec, case_) in enumerate(cases):

values = tuple(value_spec) if isinstance(value_spec, (tuple, list)) else (value_spec,)

for value in values:

if value in self._case_map:

raise CircuitError(f"duplicate case value {value}")

if CASE_DEFAULT in self._case_map:

raise CircuitError("cases after the default are unreachable")

if value is not CASE_DEFAULT:

if not isinstance(value, int) or value < 0:

raise CircuitError("case values must be Booleans or non-negative integers")

if value > target_max:

raise CircuitError(

f"switch target '{target}' has {target_bits} bit(s) of precision,"

f" but case {value} is larger than the maximum of {target_max}."

)

self._case_map[value] = i

self._label_spec.append(values)

if not isinstance(case_, QuantumCircuit):

raise CircuitError("case blocks must be QuantumCircuit instances")

if id(case_) in case_ids:

raise CircuitError("ungrouped cases cannot point to the same block")

case_ids.add(id(case_))

if num_qubits is None:

num_qubits, num_clbits = case_.num_qubits, case_.num_clbits

if case_.num_qubits != num_qubits or case_.num_clbits != num_clbits:

raise CircuitError("incompatible bits between cases")

self._params.append(case_)

if not self._params:

# This condition also implies that `num_qubits` and `num_clbits` must be non-None.

raise CircuitError("must have at least one case to run")

super().__init__("switch_case", num_qubits, num_clbits, self._params, label=label)

def __eq__(self, other):

# The general __eq__ will compare the blocks in the right order, so we just need to ensure

# that all the labels point the right way as well.

return (

super().__eq__(other)

and self.target == other.target

and all(

set(labels_self) == set(labels_other)

for labels_self, labels_other in zip(self._label_spec, other._label_spec)

)

)

def cases_specifier(self) -> Iterable[Tuple[Tuple, QuantumCircuit]]:

"""Return an iterable where each element is a 2-tuple whose first element is a tuple of

jump values, and whose second is the single circuit block that is associated with those

values.

This is an abstract specification of the jump table suitable for creating new

:class:`.SwitchCaseOp` instances.

.. seealso::

:meth:`.SwitchCaseOp.cases`

Create a lookup table that you can use for your own purposes to jump from values to

the circuit that would be executed."""

return zip(self._label_spec, self._params)

def cases(self):

"""Return a lookup table from case labels to the circuit that would be executed in that

case. This object is not generally suitable for creating a new :class:`.SwitchCaseOp`

because any keys that point to the same object will not be grouped.

.. seealso::

:meth:`.SwitchCaseOp.cases_specifier`

An alternate method that produces its output in a suitable format for creating new

:class:`.SwitchCaseOp` instances.

"""

return {key: self._params[index] for key, index in self._case_map.items()}

@property

def blocks(self):

return tuple(self._params)

def replace_blocks(self, blocks: Iterable[QuantumCircuit]) -> "SwitchCaseOp":

blocks = tuple(blocks)

if len(blocks) != len(self._params):

raise CircuitError(f"needed {len(self._case_map)} blocks but received {len(blocks)}")

return SwitchCaseOp(self.target, zip(self._label_spec, blocks))

def c_if(self, classical, val):

raise NotImplementedError(

"SwitchCaseOp cannot be classically controlled through Instruction.c_if. "

"Please nest it in an IfElseOp instead."

"""A placeholder instruction to use in control-flow context managers, when calculating the

number of resources this instruction should block is deferred until the construction of the

outer loop.

This generally should not be instantiated manually; only :obj:`.SwitchContext` should do it when

it needs to defer creation of the concrete instruction.

.. warning::

This is an internal interface and no part of it should be relied upon outside of Qiskit

Terra.

"""

def __init__(

self,

target: Clbit | ClassicalRegister | expr.Expr,

cases: List[Tuple[Any, ControlFlowBuilderBlock]],

*,

label: Optional[str] = None,

):

self.__target = target

self.__cases = cases

self.__resources = self._calculate_placeholder_resources()

super().__init__(

"switch_case",

len(self.__resources.qubits),

len(self.__resources.clbits),

[],

label=label,

)

def _calculate_placeholder_resources(self):

qubits = set()

clbits = set()

qregs = set()

cregs = set()

if isinstance(self.__target, Clbit):

clbits.add(self.__target)

elif isinstance(self.__target, ClassicalRegister):

clbits.update(self.__target)

cregs.add(self.__target)

else:

resources = node_resources(self.__target)

clbits.update(resources.clbits)

cregs.update(resources.cregs)

for _, body in self.__cases:

qubits |= body.qubits()

clbits |= body.clbits()

body_qregs, body_cregs = partition_registers(body.registers)

qregs |= body_qregs

cregs |= body_cregs

return InstructionResources(

qubits=tuple(qubits),

clbits=tuple(clbits),

qregs=tuple(qregs),

cregs=tuple(cregs),

)

def placeholder_resources(self):

return self.__resources

def concrete_instruction(self, qubits, clbits):

cases = [

(labels, unified_body)

for (labels, _), unified_body in zip(

self.__cases,

unify_circuit_resources(body.build(qubits, clbits) for _, body in self.__cases),

)

]

if cases:

resources = InstructionResources(

qubits=tuple(cases[0][1].qubits),

clbits=tuple(cases[0][1].clbits),

qregs=tuple(cases[0][1].qregs),

cregs=tuple(cases[0][1].cregs),

)

else:

resources = self.__resources

return (

self._copy_mutable_properties(SwitchCaseOp(self.__target, cases, label=self.label)),

resources,

"""A context manager for building up ``switch`` statements onto circuits in a natural order,

without having to construct the case bodies first.

The return value of this context manager can be used within the created context to build up the

individual ``case`` statements. No other instructions should be appended to the circuit during

the `switch` context.

This context should almost invariably be created by a :meth:`.QuantumCircuit.switch_case` call,

and the resulting instance is a "friend" of the calling circuit. The context will manipulate

the circuit's defined scopes when it is entered (by pushing a new scope onto the stack) and

exited (by popping its scope, building it, and appending the resulting :obj:`.SwitchCaseOp`).

.. warning::

This is an internal interface and no part of it should be relied upon outside of Qiskit

Terra.

"""

def __init__(

self,

circuit: QuantumCircuit,

target: Clbit | ClassicalRegister | expr.Expr,

*,

in_loop: bool,

label: Optional[str] = None,

):

self.circuit = circuit

self._target = target

if isinstance(target, Clbit):

self.target_clbits: tuple[Clbit, ...] = (target,)

self.target_cregs: tuple[ClassicalRegister, ...] = ()

elif isinstance(target, ClassicalRegister):

self.target_clbits = tuple(target)

self.target_cregs = (target,)

else:

resources = node_resources(target)

self.target_clbits = resources.clbits

self.target_cregs = resources.cregs

self.in_loop = in_loop

self.complete = False

self._op_label = label

self._cases: List[Tuple[Tuple[Any, ...], ControlFlowBuilderBlock]] = []

self._label_set = set()

def label_in_use(self, label):

"""Return whether a case label is already accounted for in the switch statement."""

return label in self._label_set

def add_case(

self, labels: Tuple[Union[int, Literal[CASE_DEFAULT]], ...], block: ControlFlowBuilderBlock

):

"""Add a sequence of conditions and the single block that should be run if they are

triggered to the context. The labels are assumed to have already been validated using

:meth:`label_in_use`."""

# The labels were already validated when the case scope was entered, so we don't need to do

# it again.

self._label_set.update(labels)

self._cases.append((labels, block))

def __enter__(self):

self.circuit._push_scope(forbidden_message="Cannot have instructions outside a case")

return CaseBuilder(self)

def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):

self.complete = True

# The popped scope should be the forbidden scope.

self.circuit._pop_scope()

if exc_type is not None:

return False

# If we're in a loop-builder context, we need to emit a placeholder so that any `break` or

# `continue`s in any of our cases can be expanded when the loop-builder. If we're not, we

# need to emit a concrete instruction immediately.

placeholder = SwitchCasePlaceholder(self._target, self._cases, label=self._op_label)

initial_resources = placeholder.placeholder_resources()

if self.in_loop:

self.circuit.append(placeholder, initial_resources.qubits, initial_resources.clbits)

else:

operation, resources = placeholder.concrete_instruction(

set(initial_resources.qubits), set(initial_resources.clbits)

)

self.circuit.append(operation, resources.qubits, resources.clbits)

"""A child context manager for building up the ``case`` blocks of ``switch`` statements onto

circuits in a natural order, without having to construct the case bodies first.

This context should never need to be created manually by a user; it is the return value of the

:class:`.SwitchContext` context manager, which in turn should only be created by suitable

:meth:`.QuantumCircuit.switch_case` calls.

.. warning::

This is an internal interface and no part of it should be relied upon outside of Qiskit

Terra.

"""

DEFAULT = CASE_DEFAULT

"""Convenient re-exposure of the :data:`.CASE_DEFAULT` constant."""

def __init__(self, parent: SwitchContext):

self.switch = parent

self.entered = False

@contextlib.contextmanager

def __call__(self, *values):

if self.entered:

raise CircuitError(

"Cannot enter more than one case at once."

" If you want multiple labels to point to the same block,"

" pass them all to a single case context,"

" such as `with case(1, 2, 3):`."

)

if self.switch.complete:

raise CircuitError("Cannot add a new case to a completed switch statement.")

if not all(value is CASE_DEFAULT or isinstance(value, int) for value in values):

raise CircuitError("Case values must be integers or `CASE_DEFAULT`")

seen = set()

for value in values:

if self.switch.label_in_use(value) or value in seen:

raise CircuitError(f"duplicate case label: '{value}'")

seen.add(value)

self.switch.circuit._push_scope(

clbits=self.switch.target_clbits,

registers=self.switch.target_cregs,

allow_jumps=self.switch.in_loop,

)

try:

self.entered = True

yield

finally:

self.entered = False

block = self.switch.circuit._pop_scope()

# This is outside the `finally` because we only want to add the case to the switch if we're

# leaving it under normal circumstances. If there was an exception in the case block, we

# should discard anything happened during its construction.