Quellcode für qiskit.providers.aer.extensions.snapshot_stabilizer

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"""
Simulator command to snapshot internal simulator representation.
"""

from warnings import warn
from qiskit import QuantumCircuit
from .snapshot import Snapshot


class SnapshotStabilizer(Snapshot):
    """Snapshot instruction for stabilizer method of Qasm simulator."""

    def __init__(self, label, num_qubits=0):
        """Create a stabilizer state snapshot instruction.

        Args:
            label (str): the snapshot label.
            num_qubits (int): the instruction barrier size [Default: 0].

        Raises:
            ExtensionError: if snapshot is invalid.

        Additional Information:
            This snapshot is always performed on all qubits in a circuit.
            The number of qubits parameter specifies the size of the
            instruction as a barrier and should be set to the number of
            qubits in the circuit.

        .. deprecated:: 0.9.0

            This instruction has been deprecated and will be removed no earlier
            than 3 months from the 0.9.0 release date. It has been superseded by the
            :class:`qiskit.providers.aer.library.SaveStabilizer` instruction.
        """
        warn('The `SnapshotStabilizer` instruction will be deprecated in the'
             ' future. It has been superseded by the `save_stabilizer`'
             ' instructions.', DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
        super().__init__(label, snapshot_type='stabilizer', num_qubits=num_qubits)


def snapshot_stabilizer(self, label):
    """Take a stabilizer snapshot of the simulator state.

    Args:
        label (str): a snapshot label to report the result.

    Returns:
        QuantumCircuit: with attached instruction.

    Raises:
        ExtensionError: if snapshot is invalid.

    Additional Information:
        This snapshot is always performed on all qubits in a circuit.
        The number of qubits parameter specifies the size of the
        instruction as a barrier and should be set to the number of
        qubits in the circuit.

    .. deprecated:: 0.9.0

        This instruction has been deprecated and will be removed no earlier
        than 3 months from the 0.9.0 release date. It has been superseded by the
        :func:`qiskit.providers.aer.library.save_stabilizer` circuit
        method.
    """
    warn('The `snapshot_stabilizer` circuit method has been deprecated as of'
         ' qiskit-aer 0.9 and will be removed in a future release.'
         ' It has been superseded by the `save_stabilizer`'
         ' circuit method.', DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
    snapshot_register = Snapshot.define_snapshot_register(self)

    return self.append(
        SnapshotStabilizer(label, num_qubits=len(snapshot_register)),
        snapshot_register)


QuantumCircuit.snapshot_stabilizer = snapshot_stabilizer