v1.21.0

Below are some of the highlights for the 1.21 release of the QDK.

QDK Python package

With this release we are also publishing a qdk package to PyPI (see https://pypi.org/project/qdk/). This is still in the 'preview' stage as we lock down the API, but the goal is that going forward the QDK will be installed in Python via pip install qdk, with any optional extras needed (e.g. pip install "qdk[jupyter,azure,qiskit]" to add the Jupyter Notebooks, Azure Quantum, and Qiskit integration). Once installed, import from the necessary submodules (e.g. from qdk.openqasm import compile)

Please give it a try and open an issue if you have any feedback.

Complex literals

The Q# language added support for complex literals. For example,

function GetComplex() : Complex {
    3. + 4.i
}

Additionally, Complex values can now be used in arithmetic expressions directly:

let x = 2.0 + 3.0i;
let y = x + (4.0 - 5.0i);

Other notable changes

• Update to latest simulator, new benchmark by @swernli in #2690
• Updated wording in 'complex numbers' kata by @DmitryVasilevsky in #2694
• Fix decomposition for controlled Rxx/Ryy by @swernli in #2699
• Fix panic in RCA when using tuple variables as arguments to a lambda by @swernli in #2701
• Support Complex literals, arithmetic operations by @swernli in #2709
• Fix panic when interpreter has unbound names in Adaptive/Base by @swernli in #2691
• [OpenQASM]: Properly detect zero step in const ranges by @orpuente-MS in #2715
• Short-circuiting expressions produce divergent types that propagate too far by @swernli in #2700
• Initial QDK Python Package by @ScottCarda-MS in #2707
• Extract logical resource counts from a Q# program by @msoeken in #2717
• Fix panic in loop unification pass for short-circuiting expressions by @swernli in #2723
• Support partial evaluation of IndexRange calls by @swernli in #2727

Full Changelog: v1.20.0...v1.21.0