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Summary

Extends the C++ QCO decision-diagram APIs beyond static unitary functionality construction.

  • Add RNG-aware vector-state simulation for mid-circuit measurement and reset.
  • Interpret concrete qco.if, qco.index_switch, scf.for, and non-recursive single-block func.call operations.
  • Evaluate the initial classical SSA operations needed by concrete control flow.
  • Add multi-shot sample and sampleWithClassics APIs.
  • Support dense embedding of larger local unitaries while preserving DD-based evolution.

This is layer 1 of the QCO DD functionality stack. Part of #1915.

Validation

  • The layer builds independently.
  • All 98 QCO utility tests pass.
  • Repository formatting and static checks pass.

GPT-5.6 via Codex materially assisted with implementation, testing, review remediation, and restructuring this work into a stacked pull request under maintainer direction.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added simulation support for measurements, resets, classical operations, and conditional control flow.
    • Added sampling APIs for zero-state and explicit-input simulations, including multi-shot computational-basis histograms.
    • Improved support for gates acting on arbitrary wire layouts.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Corrected handling of partial-wire unitary operations and dynamic circuit behavior.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for simulation, sampling, classical control flow, invalid values, and unsupported operations.

Walkthrough

QCO DD functionality now supports arbitrary-wire unitary embedding, RNG-aware simulation with measurements, resets, and control flow, plus zero-state and explicit-input sampling. Tests cover execution, sampling, classical propagation, invalid values, unsupported operations, and dynamic behavior.

Changes

QCO DD functionality

Layer / File(s) Summary
Public simulation and sampling contracts
mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.h
Documents static and dynamic execution behavior. Adds RNG-aware simulation and histogram sampling APIs.
Shared DD state and arbitrary-wire unitaries
mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp, mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp
Shares qubit and DD state across operation handlers. Embeds local matrices on arbitrary wires and validates dense fallback limits.
Classical state and dynamic execution
mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp, mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp
Executes classical operations, measurements, resets, region propagation, and concrete conditional branches. Adds validation tests for invalid mappings and unsupported operations.
Simulation and per-shot sampling
mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp, mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp
Adds RNG-enabled simulation and sampling from zero or explicit input. Static programs reuse one simulation; dynamic programs re-simulate for each shot.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🔵 Low · up to 3fd88

The PR adds execution for concrete control flow and classical arithmetic, but certain invalid shift operations can trigger undefined behavior instead of a diagnostic. The change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and a follow-up guard for shift validation; the documentation mismatch has no runtime impact.

Possibly related PRs

Suggested labels: feature

Suggested reviewers: denialhaag, burgholzer

Poem

I hop through matrices, neat and bright,
Collapse a qubit by lantern light.
Branches choose paths, shots bloom in rows,
Classical bits tell where each rabbit goes.
DD carrots grow in a sampled array.

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mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/CMakeLists.txt (1)

63-69: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Link MLIRArithDialect in MLIRQCODDFunctionality.

MLIRQCODialect declares MLIRArithDialect only as a PRIVATE dependency, while DDFunctionality.cpp directly uses mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h and instantiates arith::* types. Add MLIRArithDialect to MLIRQCODDFunctionality’s LINK_LIBS.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/CMakeLists.txt` around lines 63 - 69, Update the
MLIRQCODDFunctionality LINK_LIBS list in the CMake configuration to include
MLIRArithDialect alongside the existing public dependencies, ensuring
DDFunctionality.cpp’s direct arith::* usage is linked explicitly.
🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp`:
- Around line 612-618: Add a nanobind call guard releasing the GIL to both QCO
sampling bindings around the lambdas invoking mlir::qco::sample, including the
second binding noted at lines 636-642. Confirm the sampled dd::Package is not
shared across threads before applying the guard, and keep the existing sampling
and error propagation unchanged.
- Around line 559-566: Add the nanobind keep-alive policy <nb::keep_alive<0,
1>()> to the `build_functionality` binding, matching the existing DD package
bindings, so the returned DD objects retain `ddPackage` for their lifetime.
- Around line 123-130: Update takeFailureOr and its call sites to capture MLIR
diagnostics with a ScopedDiagnosticHandler on the relevant program context,
accumulating emitted messages into a std::string before checking the FailureOr
result. When failure occurs, append the collected diagnostics to the supplied
message in the raised nb::value_error, while preserving the existing successful
return behavior.
- Around line 610-656: Update the sample and sample_with_classics bindings to
accept an optional uint64 seed with a None/empty default, matching simulate
semantics; invoke makeRng only for an explicitly provided seed and otherwise use
nondeterministic RNG initialization. Revise both docstrings to document None as
nondeterministic rather than 0, and regenerate the Python stub to reflect the
optional seed signatures.

In `@mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.h`:
- Around line 63-66: Update the non-RNG simulate documentation near simulateImpl
to remove the claim that loops and multi-block function bodies are unsupported,
and accurately state that concrete-bound scf.for loops and non-recursive
single-block func.call operations are supported independently of RNG; retain the
existing limitations for unsupported cases and the reference-consumption
behavior.
- Around line 149-167: Move the sampling `@brief/`@details documentation from
SampleResult to the two sampleWithClassics overloads, documenting their shared
behavior while leaving SampleResult without that function-level description.
Update both overload signatures to use std::size_t consistently with the
existing sample overloads.

In `@mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp`:
- Around line 1129-1145: Adjust the callee traversal around walkFunction so
func::ReturnOp is not subjected to the entry-function-only validateReturn
canonical wire-order rule. Preserve return/result arity validation and bind the
callee return operands to call results, while retaining canonical return
validation for the top-level simulated function.
- Around line 686-735: Update the cmpi evaluation around the i1 handling and
signed predicate cases so boolean true is interpreted with arith’s
sign-extension semantics as -1 rather than 1 for signed comparisons. Preserve
unsigned comparisons as 0/1 and keep equality/inequality behavior unchanged,
using the existing cmp.getPredicate() and result calculation.
- Around line 628-657: Update the arith::AddIOp, arith::SubIOp, and
arith::MulIOp handlers using applyBinaryIndex to perform wrapping uint64_t
arithmetic before storing the resulting index, avoiding signed-overflow UB. In
the arith::ShLIOp handler, preserve the existing shift-range validation, convert
the left operand to uint64_t before shifting, and store the wrapped result
without signed-shift UB.
- Around line 1000-1028: In the IndexSwitchOp handler, validate the default
block and yield obtained from getDefaultBlock() and getDefaultYield() before
dereferencing them, matching the existing IfOp guard behavior. Emit an operation
diagnostic and return failure for an absent or empty default region; otherwise
preserve the case-selection and applyRegionBranch flow.
- Around line 1296-1332: Update requiresDynamicSampling to account for MeasureOp
and ResetOp in functions invoked through func.call, either by recursively
visiting callees or conservatively treating calls as dynamically sampled. Ensure
sampleImpl selects the dynamic per-shot simulation path whenever a reachable
callee contains measurement or reset, avoiding simulateImpl with a null RNG for
these programs.

In `@mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp`:
- Around line 784-798: Add a companion QCODDFunctionalityTest using scfFor with
exactly 10000 trips, retaining the identity iterArgs body and sink setup from
RejectsScfForTripCountLimit, then assert module construction and simulation
succeed. Keep the existing 10001-trip rejection test unchanged so both sides of
the boundary are covered.

In `@test/python/test_qco_dd.py`:
- Around line 33-51: Expand test_unitary_x_build_simulate_and_sample and add
focused Python binding tests covering documented ValueError paths: simulate
without a seed must reject mid-circuit measure/reset, while supplying a seed
must allow it. Also add coverage for a QCO program without a func.func to verify
entryFunc validation and exception translation; remove the vacuous matrix is not
None assertion while retaining valid cleanup and success-path checks.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Around line 63-69: Update the MLIRQCODDFunctionality LINK_LIBS list in the
CMake configuration to include MLIRArithDialect alongside the existing public
dependencies, ensuring DDFunctionality.cpp’s direct arith::* usage is linked
explicitly.
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bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp (2)

613-630: ⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Retain dd_package for the simulated result.

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mlir::qco::simulate returns a dd::VectorDD backed by ddPackage. Unlike build_functionality, this binding does not retain argument 3. If Python releases dd_package, the returned VectorDD can retain invalid package-owned storage. Add nb::keep_alive<0, 3>(). Nanobind uses index 0 for the return value and indexes free-function arguments from 1. (nanobind.readthedocs.io)

Proposed fix
       "program"_a, "initial_state"_a, "dd_package"_a, "seed"_a = nb::none(),
+      nb::keep_alive<0, 3>(),
       R"pb(Simulate a QCO program on a DD state.
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

sed -n '579,645p' bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp

echo "== Existing DD lifetime policies =="
fd -i 'register_*dd*.cpp' bindings -x rg -n -C2 'keep_alive|reference_internal' {}

echo "== Python lifetime regression coverage =="
rg -n -C3 'simulate\(|build_functionality\(|gc\.collect|del package' test/python
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp` around lines 613 - 630, Add the nanobind
lifetime policy keep_alive<0, 3>() to the simulate binding after its argument
declarations, ensuring the returned VectorDD keeps ddPackage alive. Do not alter
the simulation logic or seed handling.

109-116: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use API-neutral error text for entryFunc.

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entryFunc also serves build_functionality, sample, and sample_with_classics. The text "to simulate" is incorrect for those APIs. Use an API-neutral message such as "QCO program has no func.func entry point".

Proposed fix
-    throw nb::value_error("QCO program has no func.func to simulate");
+    throw nb::value_error("QCO program has no func.func entry point");
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp` around lines 109 - 116, Update the
missing-function error in entryFunc to use API-neutral wording, replacing the
simulation-specific phrase with a message indicating that the QCO program has no
func.func entry point. Preserve the existing validation and exception type.
mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp (1)

1082-1144: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Guard scf.for trip-count computation against signed-overflow UB.

*ub - *lb - 1 operates on int64_t values that come from arbitrary classical index SSA values (constants, prior arithmetic, or measurement-derived indices). When lb and ub are far apart (for example lb = INT64_MIN, ub = INT64_MAX), the subtraction overflows before the trips > maxTrips check runs. Signed-integer overflow is undefined behavior in C++, even under the project's C++20 target (C++20 guarantees two's-complement representation, not that overflow is defined). A UBSan build aborts on this input instead of producing the "trip count exceeds ... limit" diagnostic.

Compute the span and trip count in uint64_t, and compare against maxTrips before casting back to int64_t, the same way this file already avoids overflow in the arith.addi/arith.subi/arith.muli handlers.

🛡️ Suggested fix
-          const int64_t trips = (*ub > *lb) ? ((*ub - *lb - 1) / *step) + 1 : 0;
           constexpr int64_t maxTrips = 10000;
-          if (trips > maxTrips) {
-            return forOp.emitError()
-                   << "scf.for trip count exceeds QCO DD simulation limit of "
-                   << maxTrips;
-          }
+          int64_t trips = 0;
+          if (*ub > *lb) {
+            const auto span = static_cast<uint64_t>(*ub) -
+                              static_cast<uint64_t>(*lb);
+            const uint64_t tripsU =
+                (span - 1) / static_cast<uint64_t>(*step) + 1;
+            if (tripsU > static_cast<uint64_t>(maxTrips)) {
+              return forOp.emitError()
+                     << "scf.for trip count exceeds QCO DD simulation limit "
+                        "of "
+                     << maxTrips;
+            }
+            trips = static_cast<int64_t>(tripsU);
+          }
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp` around lines 1082 - 1144,
Update the trip-count calculation in the scf::ForOp handler to avoid signed
overflow when computing the bound span: perform the bound comparison and
span/trip arithmetic in uint64_t, including the nonnegative lower-to-upper
difference, then compare the resulting trip count against maxTrips before
converting it to int64_t for the existing loop. Preserve zero trips for ub <= lb
and the current limit diagnostic for oversized counts.
mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp (1)

69-74: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Guard mainFunc against an empty function range.

mainFunc dereferences mod.getBody()->getOps<func::FuncOp>().begin() without checking that the range is non-empty. If a future test parses or builds a module with no func::FuncOp, this dereferences an end iterator, which is undefined behavior. Add an assertion so a missing function fails with a clear message instead of an ambiguous crash.

🛡️ Proposed fix
   [[nodiscard]] static func::FuncOp mainFunc(ModuleOp mod) {
     if (auto main = mod.lookupSymbol<func::FuncOp>("main")) {
       return main;
     }
-    return *mod.getBody()->getOps<func::FuncOp>().begin();
+    auto funcs = mod.getBody()->getOps<func::FuncOp>();
+    assert(funcs.begin() != funcs.end() && "module must contain a func.func");
+    return *funcs.begin();
   }
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp` around lines 69 -
74, Update mainFunc to capture the func::FuncOp range and assert that it is
non-empty before dereferencing begin(), using a clear failure message for
modules without a function. Preserve the existing lookup of the "main" symbol
and return the first function when the range contains one.
🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Outside diff comments:
In `@bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp`:
- Around line 613-630: Add the nanobind lifetime policy keep_alive<0, 3>() to
the simulate binding after its argument declarations, ensuring the returned
VectorDD keeps ddPackage alive. Do not alter the simulation logic or seed
handling.
- Around line 109-116: Update the missing-function error in entryFunc to use
API-neutral wording, replacing the simulation-specific phrase with a message
indicating that the QCO program has no func.func entry point. Preserve the
existing validation and exception type.

In `@mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp`:
- Around line 1082-1144: Update the trip-count calculation in the scf::ForOp
handler to avoid signed overflow when computing the bound span: perform the
bound comparison and span/trip arithmetic in uint64_t, including the nonnegative
lower-to-upper difference, then compare the resulting trip count against
maxTrips before converting it to int64_t for the existing loop. Preserve zero
trips for ub <= lb and the current limit diagnostic for oversized counts.

In `@mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp`:
- Around line 69-74: Update mainFunc to capture the func::FuncOp range and
assert that it is non-empty before dereferencing begin(), using a clear failure
message for modules without a function. Preserve the existing lookup of the
"main" symbol and return the first function when the range contains one.

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  • CHANGELOG.md
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  • mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
  • mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp
  • mlir/unittests/Compiler/test_compiler_pipeline.cpp
  • mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp
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  • test/python/test_qco_dd.py

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mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.h (1)

60-62: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the classical-register type in the API contract.

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Line 62 and Line 91 state that memref<?xi1> is supported. That type has a dynamic dimension. isStaticI1MemRef and applyMemRefAlloc accept only static-shape registers and reject dynamic allocation. Document memref<Nxi1> for a concrete static N, or use equivalent static-shape wording.

Proposed documentation fix
- * `memref<?xi1>` classical registers (`alloc`/`store`/`load`/`dealloc`).
+ * static-shape 1-D `memref<Nxi1>` classical registers
+ * (`alloc`/`store`/`load`/`dealloc`).

Also applies to: 90-92

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.h` around lines 60 - 62,
Update the API contract documentation near the classical-register description
and the corresponding lines around the allocation APIs to describe only
statically shaped 1-D i1 memrefs, using memref<Nxi1> for a concrete static N
instead of memref<?xi1>. Align the wording with the static-shape requirements
enforced by isStaticI1MemRef and applyMemRefAlloc.
mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp (1)

1099-1128: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Compute scf.for induction values with unsigned arithmetic.

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Line 1128 still evaluates *lb + (t * *step) in signed int64_t. Valid extreme bounds can overflow this intermediate expression even when the loop result is in range. For lb = INT64_MIN, ub = INT64_MAX, and step = 3074457345618258603, the induction value at t = 3 should be 1, but signed overflow from t * step makes the stored value invalid.

Use uint64_t for the offset and cast the sum back to int64_t, matching the trip-count arithmetic.

Proposed fix
           for (int64_t t = 0; t < trips; ++t) {
-            walk.classical.indices[body.getArgument(0)] = *lb + (t * *step);
+            const auto offset = static_cast<uint64_t>(t) *
+                                static_cast<uint64_t>(*step);
+            walk.classical.indices[body.getArgument(0)] =
+                static_cast<int64_t>(static_cast<uint64_t>(*lb) + offset);
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp` around lines 1099 - 1128,
Update the induction-value assignment in the scf.for simulation loop around
body.getArgument(0) to compute t * *step and the lower-bound sum using uint64_t,
then cast the final two’s-complement result to int64_t before storing it.
Preserve the existing trip-count logic and loop behavior.
bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp (3)

581-586: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use the project’s raw-string form for Python docstrings.

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The new SampleResult and property docstrings use ordinary C++ string literals. Use R"pb(...)pb" for these Python-facing docstrings, consistent with the binding convention.

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-                                      "Histograms from QCO DD sampling.")
+                                      R"pb(Histograms from QCO DD sampling.)pb")

Based on learnings, nanobind bindings under bindings/ should define Python docstrings in the binding code with R"pb(...)pb" syntax.

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In `@bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp` around lines 581 - 586, Update the
Python-facing docstrings in the SampleResult binding, including the class
description and the shots and classical property descriptions, to use the
project’s R"pb(...)pb" raw-string syntax instead of ordinary C++ string
literals.

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601-611: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the build_functionality argument documentation.

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The program argument says that its entry func.func is simulated. build_functionality builds a matrix DD; it does not simulate the program.

-    program: A QCO program whose entry ``func.func`` is simulated.
+    program: A QCO program whose entry ``func.func`` is used to build a matrix DD.
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In `@bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp` around lines 601 - 611, Update the
build_functionality documentation for the program argument to describe that its
entry func.func is used to construct the program’s functionality or matrix DD,
not simulated. Leave the remaining argument, return, and exception documentation
unchanged.

648-676: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document that dd_package is not thread-safe.

sample and sample_with_classics release the GIL while using a mutable dd::Package whose tables and memory manager are not locked. Add explicit ownership/GIL-free constraints to both docstrings.

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In `@bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp` around lines 648 - 676, Update the `sample`
and `sample_with_classics` docstrings to explicitly state that the
caller-provided `dd_package` is mutable and not thread-safe, and must not be
used concurrently, including while the GIL is released. Keep the existing
argument documentation and behavior unchanged.
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In `@bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp`:
- Around line 581-586: Update the Python-facing docstrings in the SampleResult
binding, including the class description and the shots and classical property
descriptions, to use the project’s R"pb(...)pb" raw-string syntax instead of
ordinary C++ string literals.
- Around line 601-611: Update the build_functionality documentation for the
program argument to describe that its entry func.func is used to construct the
program’s functionality or matrix DD, not simulated. Leave the remaining
argument, return, and exception documentation unchanged.
- Around line 648-676: Update the `sample` and `sample_with_classics` docstrings
to explicitly state that the caller-provided `dd_package` is mutable and not
thread-safe, and must not be used concurrently, including while the GIL is
released. Keep the existing argument documentation and behavior unchanged.

In `@mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.h`:
- Around line 60-62: Update the API contract documentation near the
classical-register description and the corresponding lines around the allocation
APIs to describe only statically shaped 1-D i1 memrefs, using memref<Nxi1> for a
concrete static N instead of memref<?xi1>. Align the wording with the
static-shape requirements enforced by isStaticI1MemRef and applyMemRefAlloc.

In `@mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp`:
- Around line 1099-1128: Update the induction-value assignment in the scf.for
simulation loop around body.getArgument(0) to compute t * *step and the
lower-bound sum using uint64_t, then cast the final two’s-complement result to
int64_t before storing it. Preserve the existing trip-count logic and loop
behavior.

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In `@mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.h`:
- Around line 58-61: Update the documentation for the overload referenced by
buildFunctionality to state that only mid-circuit measurements and resets
require the RNG overload; remove control-flow from that requirement while
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This adds quite a bit of functionality. I glanced over large parts of the changes, but have not questioned every single line here.

One thing (from the comment) stuck out to me and should maybe be fixed as part of this PR.

In the grand scheme of things I was also wondering about the following: For our QIR runner, we make use of a JIT interpreter that comes out of the box with LLVM. This allows us to not at all worry about any of the classical aspects and only worry about the semantics of the QIR calls.
Would something like that be conceivable here too? Is there something like a JIT executor for MLIR programs that we could teach what it means to execute QC dialect operations?
If it is, it sounds like that would simplify the implementation quite substantially.

One downside of the existing QIR runner is that it can only do dynamic sampling. Even for circuits that do not need it.
But it is not unlikely, that this could be worked around.

Just some food for thought. Let me know what you think!

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This adds quite a bit of functionality. I glanced over large parts of the changes, but have not questioned every single line here.

One thing (from the comment) stuck out to me and should maybe be fixed as part of this PR.

In the grand scheme of things I was also wondering about the following: For our QIR runner, we make use of a JIT interpreter that comes out of the box with LLVM. This allows us to not at all worry about any of the classical aspects and only worry about the semantics of the QIR calls. Would something like that be conceivable here too? Is there something like a JIT executor for MLIR programs that we could teach what it means to execute QC dialect operations? If it is, it sounds like that would simplify the implementation quite substantially.

One downside of the existing QIR runner is that it can only do dynamic sampling. Even for circuits that do not need it. But it is not unlikely, that this could be worked around.

Just some food for thought. Let me know what you think!

I had some discussions with GPT5.6 and looked at some references from MLIR (https://mlir.llvm.org/doxygen/classmlir_1_1ExecutionEngine.html, https://mlir.llvm.org/docs/Tutorials/Toy/Ch-6/, https://mlir.llvm.org/docs/TargetLLVMIR/) and this is a summary:

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I investigated MLIR’s execution facilities and compared them with our existing QIR runner.
MLIR does provide an ExecutionEngine, but it cannot directly interpret arbitrary QCO or QC operations. The module first has to be fully lowered to LLVM-compatible dialects. Quantum operations would therefore need to become calls to registered runtime functions. In our case, the natural route would be QCO → QC → Adaptive QIR/LLVM, followed by execution using the existing DD-backed QIR runtime.
This could indeed eliminate much of the manual interpretation of arith, math, cf, scf, func, and memref, and I think it is worth prototyping. It does not directly replace all functionality here, however. In particular, matrix-DD construction, caller-supplied initial DDs, symbolic argument bindings, dynamic qubit/tensor allocation, DD-native deallocation, and density-matrix simulation require additional runtime APIs or should remain on the direct DD path.
Static sampling also remains valuable. A likely long-term architecture would use direct DD construction/simulation for unitary programs and programs with only terminal measurements, while using JIT/QIR execution for genuinely dynamic programs with measurement-dependent classical control.
Because adopting this architecture requires new lowering/runtime interfaces and would substantially change the scope of this PR, I believe it is better suited to a focused follow-up.

So I would propose to raise an Issue for this as a follow-up that I will investigate after all of the DD Functionality has been added?

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So I would propose to raise an Issue for this as a follow-up that I will investigate after all of the DD Functionality has been added?

Yeah, that seems to make sense to me! 👍🏼
Then let's create that issue. You can ping me here again for a review whenever you feel like the PR is ready.

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