Bloqify syntax basics

qualtran/__init__.py

@@ -105,4 +105,6 @@
 
 from ._infra.bloq_example import BloqExample, bloq_example, BloqDocSpec
 
+from .bloqify_syntax import bloqify
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

qualtran/_infra/composite_bloq.py

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import cirq
 
+    import qualtran as qlt
+    import qualtran.dtype as qdt
     from qualtran.bloqs.bookkeeping.auto_partition import Unused
     from qualtran.cirq_interop._cirq_to_bloq import CirqQuregInT, CirqQuregT
     from qualtran.drawing import WireSymbol
@@ -467,7 +469,7 @@ def final_soqs(self) -> Dict[str, _SoquetT]:
 
     def copy(self) -> 'CompositeBloq':
         """Create a copy of this composite bloq by re-building it."""
-        bb, _ = BloqBuilder.from_signature(self.signature)
+        bb, _ = BloqBuilder.from_signature(self.signature, bloq_key=self.bloq_key)
         soq_map = bb.initial_soq_map(self.signature.lefts())
 
         for binst, in_soqs, old_out_soqs in self.iter_bloqsoqs():
@@ -641,6 +643,11 @@ def __str__(self):
             return self.bloq_key
         return f'CompositeBloq([{len(self.bloq_instances)} subbloqs...])'
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        if self.bloq_key is not None:
+            return f'CompositeBloq(..., bloq_key={self.bloq_key!r})'
+        return f'CompositeBloq([{len(self.bloq_instances)} subbloqs...])'
+
 
 def _create_binst_graph(
     cxns: Iterable[Connection], nodes: Iterable[BloqInstance] = ()
@@ -1098,7 +1105,7 @@ def build_composite_bloq(self, bb: BloqBuilder, q0, q1):
             by the framework or by the `BloqBuilder.from_signature(s)` factory method.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, add_registers_allowed: bool = True):
+    def __init__(self, add_registers_allowed: bool = True, *, bloq_key: Optional[str] = None):
         # To be appended to:
         self._cxns: List[Connection] = []
         self._regs: List[Register] = []
@@ -1113,6 +1120,8 @@ def __init__(self, add_registers_allowed: bool = True):
         # Whether we can call `add_register` and do non-strict `finalize()`.
         self.add_register_allowed = add_registers_allowed
 
+        self._bloq_key = bloq_key
+
     def add_register_from_dtype(
         self, reg: Union[str, Register], dtype: Optional[QCDType] = None
     ) -> Union[None, QVarT]:
@@ -1135,7 +1144,7 @@ def add_register_from_dtype(
         from qualtran.symbolics import is_symbolic
 
         if not self.add_register_allowed:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise BloqError(
                 "This BloqBuilder was constructed from pre-specified registers. "
                 "Ad hoc addition of more registers is not allowed."
             )
@@ -1208,15 +1217,19 @@ def add_register(
 
     @classmethod
     def from_signature(
-        cls, signature: Signature, add_registers_allowed: bool = False
+        cls,
+        signature: Signature,
+        add_registers_allowed: bool = False,
+        *,
+        bloq_key: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> Tuple['BloqBuilder', Dict[str, QVarT]]:
         """Construct a BloqBuilder with a pre-specified signature.
 
         This is safer if e.g. you're decomposing an existing Bloq and need the signatures
         to match. This constructor is used by `Bloq.decompose_bloq()`.
         """
         # Initial construction: allow register addition for the following loop.
-        bb = cls(add_registers_allowed=True)
+        bb = cls(add_registers_allowed=True, bloq_key=bloq_key)
 
         initial_soqs: Dict[str, QVarT] = {}
         for reg in signature:
@@ -1454,7 +1467,12 @@ def add(self, bloq: Bloq, **in_soqs: SoquetInT):
                 be unpacked with tuple unpacking. In this final case, the ordering is according
                 to `bloq.signature` and irrespective of the order of `**in_soqs`.
         """
-        outs = self.add_t(bloq, **in_soqs)
+        try:
+            outs = self.add_t(bloq, **in_soqs)
+        except BloqError as be:
+            # Error source shown as `bb.add(...)`
+            raise BloqError(*be.args) from None
+
         if len(outs) == 0:
             return None
         if len(outs) == 1:
@@ -1539,17 +1557,53 @@ def add_from(self, bloq: Bloq, **in_soqs: SoquetInT) -> Tuple['QVarT', ...]:
         fsoqs = _map_soqs(cbloq.final_soqs(), soq_map)
         return tuple(fsoqs[reg.name] for reg in cbloq.signature.rights())
 
+    def _change_THRU_to_LEFT(self, reg_name: str):
+        """Used during loose `finalize` to force LEFT registers."""
+        for reg_i, reg in enumerate(self._regs):
+            if reg.name == reg_name:
+                break
+        else:
+            raise AssertionError(f"{reg_name} doesn't exist in the registers.")
+
+        if reg.side != Side.THRU:
+            raise ValueError(f"{reg} is supposed to be a THRU register.")
+
+        new_reg = attrs.evolve(reg, side=Side.LEFT)
+
+        # Replace in `self._available`
+        soqs_to_replace = []
+        for soq in self._available:
+            if soq.binst is LeftDangle and soq.reg == reg:
+                soqs_to_replace.append(soq)
+        for soq in soqs_to_replace:
+            self._available.remove(soq)
+            self._available.add(attrs.evolve(soq, reg=new_reg))
+
+        # Replace in `self._cxns`
+        for j in range(len(self._cxns)):
+            cxn = self._cxns[j]
+            if cxn.left.reg == reg:
+                new_cxn = attrs.evolve(cxn, left=attrs.evolve(cxn.left, reg=new_reg))
+                self._cxns[j] = new_cxn
+
+        # Replace in `self._regs`
+        self._regs[reg_i] = new_reg
+
     def finalize(self, **final_soqs: SoquetInT) -> CompositeBloq:
         """Finish building a CompositeBloq and return the immutable CompositeBloq.
 
         This method is similar to calling `add()` but instead of adding a new Bloq,
         it configures the final "dangling" soquets that serve as the outputs for
         the composite bloq as a whole.
 
-        If `self.add_registers_allowed` is set to `True`, additional register
-        names passed to this function will be added as RIGHT registers. Otherwise,
-        this method validates the provided `final_soqs` against our list of RIGHT
-        (and THRU) registers.
+        If `self.add_registers_allowed` is set to `False`, the kwqargs to this method must
+        exactly match the signature configured for this bloq builder.
+        Otherwise:
+         - surplus arguments (with register names not in our signature) will be interpreted as
+           output quantum variables and we'll add a corresponding RIGHT register.
+         - missing arguments (i.e. a register name was introduced somewhere but
+           no quantum variable was provided for it), we will set that register to be a
+           LEFT register.
 
         Args:
             **final_soqs: Keyword arguments mapping the composite bloq's register names to
@@ -1577,6 +1631,12 @@ def _infer_shaped_dtype(soq: SoquetT) -> Tuple['QCDType', Tuple[int, ...]]:
                 dtype, shape = _infer_shaped_dtype(np.asarray(soq))
                 self._regs.append(Register(name=name, dtype=dtype, shape=shape, side=Side.RIGHT))
 
+        # If a soquet is missing, we're charitable and consider it de-allocated, see docstring.
+        deletable_right_reg_names = [reg.name for reg in self._regs if reg.side == Side.THRU]
+        for name in deletable_right_reg_names:
+            if name not in final_soqs:
+                self._change_THRU_to_LEFT(reg_name=name)
+
         return self._finalize_strict(**final_soqs)
 
     def _finalize_strict(self, **final_soqs: SoquetInT) -> CompositeBloq:
@@ -1592,16 +1652,25 @@ def _fin(idxed_soq: _QVar, reg: Register, idx: Tuple[int, ...]):
             # close over `RightDangle`
             return self._add_cxn(RightDangle, idxed_soq, reg, idx)
 
+        if self._bloq_key:
+            debug_str = f'finalization of {self._bloq_key}'
+        else:
+            debug_str = 'finalization'
         _process_soquets(
-            registers=signature.rights(), debug_str='Finalizing', in_soqs=final_soqs, func=_fin
+            registers=signature.rights(), debug_str=debug_str, in_soqs=final_soqs, func=_fin
         )
         if self._available:
-            raise BloqError(
-                f"During finalization, {self._available} Soquets were not used."
-            ) from None
+            if self._bloq_key is None:
+                ctx = ''
+            else:
+                ctx = f' of {self._bloq_key}'
+            raise BloqError(f"During finalization{ctx}, {self._available} Soquets were not used.")
 
         return CompositeBloq(
-            connections=self._cxns, signature=signature, bloq_instances=self._binsts
+            connections=self._cxns,
+            signature=signature,
+            bloq_instances=self._binsts,
+            bloq_key=self._bloq_key,
         )
 
     def allocate(
@@ -1653,3 +1722,6 @@ def join(self, soqs: SoquetInT, dtype: Optional[QDType] = None) -> 'Soquet':
             dtype = QAny(n)
 
         return self.add(Join(dtype=dtype), reg=soqs)
+
+    def in_register(self, name: str, dtype: QCDType, shape=()) -> Union[None, QVarT]:
+        return self.add_register_from_dtype(Register(name=name, dtype=dtype, shape=shape))

qualtran/_infra/composite_bloq_test.py

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def test_finalize_missing_args():
     x2, y2 = bb.add(TestTwoBitOp(), ctrl=x, target=y)
 
     bb.add_register_allowed = False
-    with pytest.raises(BloqError, match=r"During Finalizing, we expected a value for 'x'\."):
+    with pytest.raises(BloqError, match=r"During finalization, we expected a value for 'x'\."):
         bb.finalize(y=y2)
 
 
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ def test_finalize_strict_too_many_args():
     x2, y2 = bb.add(TestTwoBitOp(), ctrl=x, target=y)
 
     bb.add_register_allowed = False
-    with pytest.raises(BloqError, match=r'Finalizing does not accept Soquets.*z.*'):
+    with pytest.raises(BloqError, match=r'finalization does not accept Soquets.*z.*'):
         bb.finalize(x=x2, y=y2, z=_Soquet(RightDangle, Register('asdf', QBit())))
 
 

qualtran/bloqify_syntax/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#  Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+
+from ._infra import bloqify