PennyLaneAI / PennyLaneAI/catalyst
Have a canonical name for devices.
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- Python
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Description
Devices have a short name, long name, and sometimes might even be different from their short name and long name. Right now depending on the implementation details, the qdevice_p primitive binds different versions of the name. For some, it is the short name, for others it is the long name. For others it might be different (see SUPPORTED_RT_DEVICES in runtime.py). Can we have a single canonical name?
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in runtime.py with SUPPORTED_RT_DEVICES, then trace how the qdevice_p primitive binds device names across implementations. Define the canonical-name rule and verify that every supported device resolves consistently to it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100