Win+arm64 support by removing stim
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- Rust
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Description
Currently any Windows user on Arm64 machine is blocked: if they are using the native arm64 Python interpreter, they cannot install stim; both deq and deq-runtime depends on stim to provide certain functionality, so deq won't work either. Here are the steps needed to address the issue:
- move the simulator from Rust to Python side, so that we don't need to include stim in deq-runtime
- In Python side, default to QDK simulator as a replacement to stim
- use paulimer instead of stim for circuit action analysis
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how deq and deq-runtime declare and use stim across the Rust and Python sides. Then map the simulator integration and the circuit action analysis path, checking how the QDK simulator and paulimer would replace those roles. Done means native Windows arm64 Python users can install and use deq without stim.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100