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Summary

  • evaluate and discard standalone expressions instead of assuming every expression statement is a function call
  • preserve operations produced by subroutine and extern calls
  • apply the same behavior inside OpenPulse calibration blocks while retaining specialized handling for pulse functions
  • validate unknown gate names before their operands so the error identifies the gate

I left out the proposed top-level AttributeError/TypeError catch. It could hide internal bugs by reporting them as invalid user input. The expression and gate paths addressed here raise ValidationError directly.

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  • Full suite: 879 passed, 3 skipped
  • Black, isort, Pylint, mypy, and whitespace checks pass

Closes #388

Signed-off-by: Daniel Gaskins <danielgaskins99@gmail.com>
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The visitors now handle pure expression statements without attribute errors. Supported calls retain generated operations, while pure expressions are discarded. Unknown gate names are resolved before operand checks.

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Expression statement validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Expression statement dispatch
src/pyqasm/visitor.py, src/pyqasm/pulse/visitor.py, tests/qasm3/openpulse/test_general.py, tests/qasm3/test_expressions.py
Dedicated visitors evaluate pure expressions and discard their values. Supported function calls retain generated statements. Tests cover validation, unrolling, OpenPulse expressions, and unknown calls.
Gate diagnostic ordering
src/pyqasm/visitor.py, tests/qasm3/test_expressions.py, tests/qasm3/resources/gates.py
Unknown gate names are resolved before operand expansion. Tests verify the resulting error messages and source-line expectation.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e3138

The expression-statement behavior is covered, but the new tests should meet the repository’s typing and documentation requirements before merge.

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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning Issue #388 requires bare expressions to avoid AttributeError, to use evaluated-and-discarded semantics, to dispatch function calls separately, and to report unknown gates before operand errors. The … Add the defensive AttributeError and TypeError conversion around top-level visitor dispatch. Add or update tests that verify the converted ValidationError and its source span for unsupported statements or expressions.
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reported changes stay within issue #388. The OpenPulse dispatch update applies the same expression-statement behavior in calibration blocks. The gate fixture update and the added tests support the…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 86.67% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 15 functions across 5 files.
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Issue #388 requires bare expressions to avoid AttributeError, to use evaluated-and-discarded semantics, to dispatch function calls separately, and to report unknown gates before operand errors. The reported changes implement these behaviors in src/pyqasm/visitor.py and src/pyqasm/pulse/visitor.py. The reported tests cover pure expressions, retained subroutine operations, unknown calls, OpenPulse calls, and unknown gates. However, the change summary does not show the required defensive top-level conversion of remaining AttributeError and TypeError failures into ValidationError with the statement span.

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- Line 28: Add str annotations to the parametrized test arguments and document
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@pytest.mark.parametrize("expression", ["1 + 2;", "i;", "sin(1.0);"])
def test_pure_expression_statements_are_discarded(expression):

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add parameter annotations and Args documentation to the new parametrized tests.

The new test parameters are untyped and undocumented. Add str annotations and Args entries. The established test convention exempts -> None annotations and Returns: sections.

  • tests/qasm3/openpulse/test_general.py#L28-L28: annotate and document expression.
  • tests/qasm3/openpulse/test_general.py#L53-L53: annotate and document operation.
  • tests/qasm3/test_expressions.py#L122-L123: annotate and document expression.
  • tests/qasm3/test_expressions.py#L163-L164: annotate and document operation.
  • tests/qasm3/test_expressions.py#L186-L187: annotate and document source, error, and operation.
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  • tests/qasm3/openpulse/test_general.py#L53-L53
  • tests/qasm3/test_expressions.py#L122-L123
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In `@tests/qasm3/openpulse/test_general.py` at line 28, Add str annotations to the
parametrized test arguments and document each in an Args section: expression in
tests/qasm3/openpulse/test_general.py lines 28-28, operation in
tests/qasm3/openpulse/test_general.py lines 53-53, expression in
tests/qasm3/test_expressions.py lines 122-123, operation in
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Thanks for this — it's a clean fix, and I confirmed it against every repro in #388: the two spec examples (a * b;, a + b;) and g1; all went from AttributeError to working or to a proper ValidationError, and g1 q1; with an undeclared operand now names the gate rather than the qubit. I also fuzzed 27 expression-statement forms (literals, unary/binary, index, slice, cast, ternary, measure, string, duration) — no non-ValidationError escapes. Suite, pylint, mypy, black and isort all green locally, and CI is green across the full wheel matrix.

Three minor things. N1 is here; N2 and N3 are inline.

N1 — please add a CHANGELOG entry under Fixed, referencing #388. This is user-facing twice over: the exception type changes from AttributeError to ValidationError, and undeclared-gate diagnostics now quote the original source line instead of the expanded one (which is why tests/qasm3/resources/gates.py:397 had to change).

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result.extend(ret_stmts)
else:
result.extend(visitor_function(statement)) # type: ignore[operator]
result.extend(visitor_function(statement)) # type: ignore[operator]

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N2 — #388 also asked for a defensive try/except here, around the top-level dispatch, re-raising AttributeError/TypeError as ValidationError with the statement span — described in the issue as "a cheap safety net beyond this specific fix".

I think you're right to have left it out: a blanket catch at the dispatch would convert genuine internal bugs into validation errors and bury them, which is a bad trade for a net that my fuzzing suggests is already empty. No change requested.

The only issue is that the PR says Closes #388, so that item will silently close as done. Could you either add a line to the description saying it was deliberately declined and why, or drop the auto-close so the item can be judged separately?

list[Statement]: Statements produced while evaluating the expression.
"""
expression = statement.expression
pulse_functions = {

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N3 — this list now has to stay in sync with _visit_function_call.

That method special-cases eight names; four of them (get_phase, get_frequency, newframe, play) aren't in any of the three maps, so they're spelled out again here. I checked the current set is complete — set_phase, set_frequency, shift_phase and shift_frequency all come in via OPENPULSE_FRAME_FUNCTION_MAP — so there's no bug today.

But a ninth added to _visit_function_call and not here would silently reroute to the generic evaluator. Existing tests would catch it loudly, so this is maintainability only. Could you pull the four literals into a module-level constant that both sites use, or failing that leave a comment here pointing at _visit_function_call?

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Thanks, those are good points. I added the changelog entry and a note beside the OpenPulse function names pointing to _visit_function_call. I also clarified in the PR description why I left out the broad exception catch. The new test parameters have types and argument docs now. The branch is updated from main, and the full suite passes.

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Looks good from my end. I'll let @TheGupta2012 give final sign off before merge.

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return stmts # type: ignore

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Could you explain a little why this change is needed here? Just want to understand this through an example

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Thanks @danielgaskins for this change, apologies that I've been a little slow to review your PRs. Thanks for keeping up with the good work!

Besides one clarification, the changes lgtm.

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Bare expression statements crash with AttributeError instead of raising ValidationError

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