execute_on_qvm

Run an Executable against a locally-running simulator.

Definition

struct ExecutionResult *execute_on_qvm(struct Executable *executable);

Safety

1. You must provide the return value from this function to free_execution_result once you're done with it.

Usage

In order to execute, QVM must be running at http://localhost:5000 (unless you've specified a different endpoint in config).

Arguments

1. executable: An Executable

Errors

This program will return the Error variant of ExecutionResult with a human-readable description of the error. Some common errors:

1. QVM was not running or not reachable.
2. A syntax error in the provided Quil program.
3. There was no data to read (improper or missing read_from option).