remove linalg

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ Types of changes:
 - Updated `pyqasm` and `qbraid` dependencies ([#183](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/183))
 
 ### 👋  Deprecations
+- Removed `qbraid_qir.qasm3.linag` module in favor of `pyqasm.linalg` ([#190](https://github.com/qBraid/qbraid-qir/pull/190))

qbraid_qir/qasm3/convert.py

@@ -26,18 +26,21 @@
 def qasm3_to_qir(
     program: Union[openqasm3.ast.Program, str],
     name: Optional[str] = None,
+    external_gates: Optional[list[str]] = None,
     **kwargs,
 ) -> Module:
     """Converts an OpenQASM 3 program to a PyQIR module.
 
     Args:
         program (openqasm3.ast.Program or str): The OpenQASM 3 program to convert.
         name (str, optional): Identifier for created QIR module. Auto-generated if not provided.
+        external_gates (list[str], optional): A list of custom gate names that are not natively
+            recognized by pyqasm but should be treated as valid during program unrolling.
 
     Keyword Args:
         initialize_runtime (bool): Whether to perform quantum runtime environment initialization,
-                                   default `True`.
-        record_output (bool): Whether to record output calls for registers, default `True`
+            defaults to `True`.
+        record_output (bool): Whether to record output calls for registers, defaults to `True`.
 
     Returns:
         The QIR ``pyqir.Module`` representation of the input OpenQASM 3 program.
@@ -52,8 +55,6 @@ def qasm3_to_qir(
     elif not isinstance(program, str):
         raise TypeError("Input quantum program must be of type openqasm3.ast.Program or str.")
 
-    external_gates: list[str] = kwargs.get("external_gates", [])
-
     qasm3_module = pyqasm.loads(program)
     qasm3_module.unroll(external_gates=external_gates)
     if name is None:
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def qasm3_to_qir(
 
     final_module = QasmQIRModule(name, qasm3_module, llvm_module)
 
-    visitor = QasmQIRVisitor(**kwargs)
+    visitor = QasmQIRVisitor(external_gates=external_gates, **kwargs)
     final_module.accept(visitor)
 
     err = llvm_module.verify()