add changelog + version update

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,9 +15,65 @@ Types of changes:
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### ➕  New Features 
+- Add support for externally linked gates in QASM3 ([#182](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/182)). Users can now supply a list of external gates to the unroll method and the unroller will leave these gates as is. Usage - 
+```python
+In [14]: from qbraid_qir.qasm3 import qasm3_to_qir
+
+In [15]: qasm = """OPENQASM 3.0;
+    ...: include "stdgates.inc";
+    ...: gate mygate(p0) _gate_q_0, _gate_q_1 {
+    ...:   h _gate_q_1;
+    ...:   cx _gate_q_0, _gate_q_1;
+    ...:   rz(p0) _gate_q_1;
+    ...:   cx _gate_q_0, _gate_q_1;
+    ...:   h _gate_q_1;
+    ...: }
+    ...: bit[2] c;
+    ...: qubit[2] q;
+    ...: ry(pi/2) q[0];
+    ...: mygate(pi/2) q[0], q[1];"""
+
+In [16]: result = qasm3_to_qir(qasm, external_gates=["mygate"])
+
+In [17]: str(result).splitlines()
+Out[17]: 
+["; ModuleID = 'program-295790fc-c761-11ef-9fef-cae339f58536'",
+ 'source_filename = "program-295790fc-c761-11ef-9fef-cae339f58536"',
+ '',
+ '%Qubit = type opaque',
+ '%Result = type opaque',
+ '',
+ 'define void @program-295790fc-c761-11ef-9fef-cae339f58536() #0 {',
+ 'entry:',
+ '  call void @__quantum__rt__initialize(i8* null)',
+ '  call void @__quantum__qis__ry__body(double 0x3FF921FB54442D18, %Qubit* null)',
+ '  call void @__quantum__qis__mygate__body(double 0x3FF921FB54442D18, %Qubit* null, %Qubit* inttoptr (i64 1 to %Qubit*))',
+ '  call void @__quantum__rt__result_record_output(%Result* null, i8* null)',
+ '  call void @__quantum__rt__result_record_output(%Result* inttoptr (i64 1 to %Result*), i8* null)',
+ '  ret void',
+ '}',
+ '',
+ 'declare void @__quantum__rt__initialize(i8*)',
+ '',
+ 'declare void @__quantum__qis__ry__body(double, %Qubit*)',
+ '',
+ 'declare void @__quantum__qis__mygate__body(double, %Qubit*, %Qubit*)',
+ '',
+ 'declare void @__quantum__rt__result_record_output(%Result*, i8*)',
+ '',
+ 'attributes #0 = { "entry_point" "output_labeling_schema" "qir_profiles"="custom" "required_num_qubits"="2" "required_num_results"="2" }',
+ '',
+ '!llvm.module.flags = !{!0, !1, !2, !3}',
+ '',
+ '!0 = !{i32 1, !"qir_major_version", i32 1}',
+ '!1 = !{i32 7, !"qir_minor_version", i32 0}',
+ '!2 = !{i32 1, !"dynamic_qubit_management", i1 false}',
+ '!3 = !{i32 1, !"dynamic_result_management", i1 false}']
+```
 
 ### 🌟  Improvements
 - Update QIR-Runner docker container to `ubuntu:24.04` as base image ([#173](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/173))
+- Update lazy imports in QIR, and add linalg tests ([#176](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/176))
 - Changed examples notebook to sub-module linked to [qbraid-lab-demo](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-lab-demo) repo. ([#178](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/178))
 - Improved typing in `qbraid_qir.qasm3.linalg` ([#178](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/178))
 - Updated project metadata and README in anticipation of release v0.3 ([#178](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/178))
@@ -29,10 +85,13 @@ Types of changes:
 - Updated `CONTRIBUTING.md` with latest linters commands instructions ([#185](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/185))
 
 ### 🐛  Bug Fixes
+- Fix broken links for notebook examples ([#180](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/180))
 
 ### ⬇️  Dependency Updates 
 - Added `pyqasm` as project dependency ([#173](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/173))
-- Updated `pyqasm` and `qbraid` dependencies ([#183](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/183))
+- Updated `pyqasm` and `qbraid` dependencies ([#181](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/181) [#183](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/183))
+- Bump `pyqasm` version to `0.1.0` ([#189](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/189))
+- Update qbraid requirement from <0.9.0,>=0.8.3 to >=0.8.3,<0.10.0 ([#191](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/191))
 
 ### 👋  Deprecations
 - Removed `qbraid_qir.qasm3.linag` module in favor of `pyqasm.linalg` ([#190](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/190))

CITATION.cff

@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ keywords:
   - cirq
   - openasm
 license: GPL-3.0
-version: 0.2.3
+version: 0.3.0
 date-released: '2024-09-27'

README.md

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ citation details, please refer to [CITATION.cff](CITATION.cff).
   month = aug,
   title = {{qBraid-QIR: Python package for QIR conversions, integrations, and utilities.}},
   url = {https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir},
-  version = {0.2.3},
+  version = {0.3.0},
   year = {2024}
 }
 ```

qbraid_qir/_version.py

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 
 """
-__version__ = "0.3.0.dev"
+__version__ = "0.3.0"