Quantinuum/pytket-qiskit

Refactor internals of `qiskit_to_tk` conversion further

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#419 opened on Nov 20, 2024

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Description

the qiskit_to_tk function uses a somewhat complicated CircuitBuilder.add_qiskit_data method internally.

I think it would be nicer/ more readable if this method was refactored to a pattern match (python match-case) on the optype variable. Theres some special handling of PauliEvolutionGate , UnitaryGate and CU3 gates that complicate things slightly.

Related issue #313

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Investigate the CircuitBuilder.add qiskit data method and identify patterns for optype that can be replaced with Python's match case statement. Pay attention to special handling of PauliEvolutionGate, UnitaryGate, and CU3 gates.
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Python
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