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⚡ Extend QCO DD execution for circuit-free DDSIM - #2079

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Extends the QCO DD interpreter needed by #2288 so DDSIM can execute QCO directly after the legacy circuit layer is removed.

  • Execute single-block QCO functions with structured QCO and SCF control flow, function calls, and the common arithmetic and Math dialect operations needed by QCO programs. Multi-block CFG execution is out of scope.
  • Treat qco.sink and qtensor.dealloc as lifetime markers. Grow DD packages on demand instead of exposing qubit-count bookkeeping.
  • Extract statevectors for programs with no measurements or terminal measurements only. A measured physical wire or measurement result cannot affect later execution.
  • Sample terminal-measurement programs by evolving one DD once and sampling it repeatedly. Programs with dynamic measurement use fall back to per-shot execution.
  • Keep concrete C++ argument bindings. Symbolic Python execution, density simulation, compatibility shims, and legacy circuit constructs are outside this stack.

This remains layer 4 of the QCO DD functionality stack, following #1915, #1973, #2077, and #2078. #2288 consumes this functionality while removing the legacy circuit paths.

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  • Focused regressions: 4/4 tests passed.
  • QCO utility binary: 166/166 tests passed, including all 75 QCO DD functionality tests.
  • Repository lint passed.
  • Clang 22 format and tidy checks passed.
  • Generated Python stubs are unchanged and up to date.
  • git diff --check passed.

GPT-5.6 via Codex materially assisted with implementation, testing, review, and stack restructuring under maintainer direction. Maintainer review remains required.

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@simon1hofmann simon1hofmann changed the title codex/qco dd construction deallocation ⚡ Extend QCO DD construction and deallocation Aug 13, 2026
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  • New Features

    • Expanded decision-diagram simulation and sampling for multi-block control flow, loops, function calls, classical math, registers, memrefs, and dynamic quantum allocation.
    • Added statevector extraction and simulation from caller-provided initial states.
    • Added Boolean, integer, and floating-point argument bindings.
    • Added sampling across all allocated qubits and optional initial states.
    • Improved handling of mid-circuit measurements, resets, tensor deallocation, and multi-shot outputs.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Strengthened validation for argument bindings, initial states, and incompatible decision-diagram packages.

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The QCO DD utilities now execute multi-block control flow and calls, support classical math operations, manage quantum wire deallocation, add statevector and input-state sampling APIs, and accept typed Python argument bindings.

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QCO DD execution and API expansion

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Public APIs and argument bindings
bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp, mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.h, python/mqt/core/mlir.pyi, test/python/test_qco_dd.py, CHANGELOG.md
The C++ and Python APIs add typed entry-argument bindings, optional sampling input states, statevector simulation, qubit-capacity queries, and all-qubit sampling. Binding validation and ownership behavior are documented and tested.
Concrete CFG and classical execution
mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/CMakeLists.txt, mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp, mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp
Execution now follows concrete cf.branch, cf.cond_br, and cf.switch paths across multi-block regions and calls. Additional arithmetic and math operations are folded. CFG forwarding and recursion checks are included.
Wire lifetime and statevector analysis
mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp, mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp
QTensor deallocation can remove separable wires from the DD state. Measurement analysis tracks forwarded values, aliases, terminal uses, CBit outputs, and nested calls. Statevector capacity and deallocation behavior are tested.
Sampling paths and validation
mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp, mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp, test/python/test_qco_dd.py
Sampling uses a shared implementation for zero-state and supplied-state execution. Deallocation preservation is selected from sampling requirements. Zero-shot, failure, foreign-state, binding, and supplied-state paths are covered.

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This PR expands QCO decision-diagram construction, deallocation, sampling, and Python bindings. It is mergeable with owner awareness of a potential performance cost in measurement-heavy sampling analysis and a test robustness issue that can obscure build failures.

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In `@bindings/mlir/register_mlir.cpp`:
- Line 1082: Update the mutable bindings defaults for the simulate, sample, and
surrounding binding declarations to use nanobind’s parameter .sig(...) override,
so generated Python stubs display an immutable placeholder instead of {}. Apply
this consistently to the bindings parameters of simulate and sample, then
regenerate the MLIR stubs.
- Around line 1100-1110: Move sample’s initial_state requireLiveReference
validation to the beginning of the sample entry-point lambda, before
takeFailureOr establishes its diagnostic handler, matching the validation order
used by simulate. Keep the existing simulation and diagnostic handling unchanged
after the validation.

In `@mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.h`:
- Around line 177-178: Update simulateStatevector to accept const
DDArgumentBindings& argumentBindings = DDArgumentBindings(), matching the other
public entry points, and pass it to prepare instead of constructing a local
empty binding map. Preserve existing callers through the default argument.

In `@mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp`:
- Around line 2167-2195: Cache the register alias closure per root function
instead of recomputing it for each candidate register. Refactor
getStorageAliases and the sampling-analysis callers isOutputOnlyRegister,
hasOutputOnlyMeasurementResult, and analyzeSampling to build the alias partition
with one module walk, store it in a DenseMap keyed by the representative
register, and reuse the cached set for all measurements while preserving
existing alias results.
- Line 121: Remove top-level const qualifiers from all listed by-value
parameters: QubitMap::releaseWire, TensorMap::releaseWire,
ClassicalEnv::releaseWire, projectAndRemoveWire, and deallocateWire in
mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Utils/DDFunctionality.cpp at lines 121, 163, 199, 1272, and
1304; also update the lambda value parameter in
mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp at line 2121. No
direct changes are needed elsewhere.
- Around line 1958-1959: Add the same early failure guard used by the sibling
walks to the AllocOp walk: check failed(result) at the start of its callback and
return before emitting diagnostics or modifying result. Keep the existing
allocation validation logic unchanged for successful results.

In `@mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Utils/test_dd_functionality.cpp`:
- Around line 525-528: Add ASSERT_TRUE checks for both boundary and mod
immediately after buildModule returns, before passing either to mainFunc.
Preserve the existing test logic while preventing null OwningOpRef dereferences
when module construction fails.

In `@python/mqt/core/mlir.pyi`:
- Line 540: Update the documentation for sample in the source declaration to
state that the input reference is consumed whenever sampling fails, not only
when DD simulation fails, then regenerate the corresponding .pyi file.

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Interpret single-block QCO functions with structured control. Treat quantum deallocations as lifetime markers, support terminal statevector extraction, and reuse one final DD for terminal sampling.

Reserve known runtime qubits before simulation and retain on-demand growth for dynamic cases. Keep common mathematical folding.

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I have iterated this quite intensively and consolidated it. I believe this is in a fairly good state now.
I'll also try to directly get the follow-up PR ready, so that we may squash them as a stack.
Would be good if you could check this PR once more if I haven't missed anything.

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I believe the feedback and the resolution here makes sense 👍🏼 Which would likely make this mergeable after conversation resolution.

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I believe the feedback and the resolution here makes sense 👍🏼 Which would likely make this mergeable after conversation resolution.

Sounds good, I will merge this now and work on the other PR in the stack afterwards.

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