pytket-phir

PHIR stands for PECOS High-level Intermediate Representation. See PHIR specification for more.

pytket-phir is a circuit analyzer and translator from pytket to PHIR.

Also included is the CLI tool phirc that takes QASM programs as input and emulates them using PECOS.

Prerequisites

Python >=3.10

Installation

Just issue pip install pytket-phir to obtain the latest stable release.

phirc CLI

The package includes a tool for emulating QASM files from the command line using PECOS.

Install additional dependencies needed for the CLI using pip install pytket-phir[phirc].

❯ phirc -h
usage: phirc [-h] [-w WASM_FILE] [-m {H1}] [-v] [--version] qasm_files [qasm_files ...]

Emulates QASM program execution via PECOS

positional arguments:
  qasm_files            One or more QASM files to emulate

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -w WASM_FILE, --wasm-file WASM_FILE
                        Optional WASM file for use by the QASM programs
  -m {H1}, --machine {H1}
                        Machine name, H1 by default
  -v, --verbose
  --version             show program's version number and exit

Development

Clone the repository and run:

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -U pip setuptools
pip install -r requirements.txt
pre-commit install

Then, install the project using:

pip install -e .

See Makefile for other useful commands.

Testing

Issue pytest from the root directory.