Description

• Add an unroll command to the PyQASM CLI, similar to the behavior and interface of the existing validate command.
• The new command will accept either a directory or a single QASM file as input. It will unroll each file using PyQASM's unroll functionality, with options to either overwrite the original files or create new ones with an _unrolled suffix.
• For each file processed, the CLI will report whether the unrolling was successful or if an error occurred.

Details

• Input: Single file or directory containing .qasm files.
• Overwrite Option: By default, files are not overwritten. If --overwrite is specified, the original files are updated in-place.
• Output Naming: If not overwriting, output files are named /path/to/file/<<file_name>>_unrolled.qasm.
• Result Reporting: For each file, print a message indicating success or failure of the unroll operation.

Implementation

• Command Registration: Add an unroll subcommand to the CLI in main.py.
• Input Handling: Accept a file or directory path as the main argument.
  • If a directory is given, process all .qasm files in the directory (non-recursively, unless otherwise specified).
• Unroll Logic: For each file:
  • Attempt to unroll using PyQASM's unroll functionality.
  • If successful:
    • If --overwrite is set, write the result to the original file.
    • If not, write to a new file with _unrolled appended to the base name.
  • If unsuccessful, print an error message for that file.
• Result Reporting: Print a summary line for each erroneous file:
  • Example: Successfully unrolled 3 files or Failed to unroll: example.qasm (error details)
• CLI Options:
  • --overwrite (default: False)
  • --help for usage info

Example Usage

# Unroll a single file, output to 'example_unrolled.qasm'
pyqasm unroll example.qasm

# Unroll all .qasm files in a directory, outputting new files with '_unrolled' suffix
pyqasm unroll ./qasm_files/

# Overwrite the original files after unrolling
pyqasm unroll ./qasm_files/ --overwrite

NOTE: The unroll command should handle invalid QASM files gracefully, reporting errors but continuing to process other files in batch mode.