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refactor: Add comprehensive type hints to backend modules

Open kartikeyg0104 opened this issue 1 month ago • 2 comments

Overview

This PR adds comprehensive type annotations to all three backend modules, improving IDE support and enabling static type checking. closes #643

What's Changed

  • Added type annotations to all functions in qumat/qiskit_backend.py
  • Added type annotations to all functions in qumat/cirq_backend.py
  • Added type annotations to all functions in qumat/amazon_braket_backend.py
  • Added necessary imports (typing.Any, numpy)
  • Used modern union syntax for flexible types (e.g., LocalSimulator | AwsDevice)

Why This Change

The backend modules lacked type hints, making it harder for developers to:

  • Get proper IDE autocomplete and IntelliSense
  • Catch type-related bugs during development
  • Understand function signatures at a glance

This change improves developer experience without altering any functionality.

Benefits

  • ✅ Better IDE autocomplete and IntelliSense support
  • ✅ Enable static type checking with mypy
  • ✅ Improved code documentation through types
  • ✅ Easier to catch type-related bugs early

Testing

  • ✅ All existing tests pass (no functionality changes)
  • ✅ Type annotations are consistent across all backends
  • ✅ No runtime behavior changes

kartikeyg0104 avatar Nov 25 '25 07:11 kartikeyg0104