# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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"""
Quantum register reference object.
"""
import itertools
from qiskit.circuit.exceptions import CircuitError
from .register import Register
from .bit import Bit
[docs]class Qubit(Bit):
"""Implement a quantum bit."""
def __init__(self, register, index):
"""Creates a qubit.
Args:
register (QuantumRegister): a quantum register.
index (int): the index to insert the qubit
Raises:
CircuitError: if the provided register is not a valid :class:`QuantumRegister`
"""
if isinstance(register, QuantumRegister):
super().__init__(register, index)
else:
raise CircuitError('Qubit needs a QuantumRegister and %s was provided' %
type(register).__name__)
[docs]class QuantumRegister(Register):
"""Implement a quantum register."""
# Counter for the number of instances in this class.
instances_counter = itertools.count()
# Prefix to use for auto naming.
prefix = 'q'
bit_type = Qubit
[docs] def qasm(self):
"""Return OPENQASM string for this register."""
return "qreg %s[%d];" % (self.name, self.size)