Fix break/continue mishandling in for/while loops (#386) - #402
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR fixes loop control-flow handling, but subroutines called from inside loops may still incorrectly accept break or continue and can disrupt scope cleanup and generated output. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant QasmVisitor
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QasmVisitor->>LoopVisitor: process loop body
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LoopControlSignal-->>LoopVisitor: break or continue
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In `@src/pyqasm/exceptions.py`:
- Around line 67-85: Add constructor docstrings and -> None annotations to
LoopControlSignal, BreakSignal, and ContinueSignal in src/pyqasm/exceptions.py
lines 67-85; document _visit_break and _visit_continue in src/pyqasm/visitor.py
lines 1280-1301; and add parameter/return annotations plus a docstring to
_evaluate_case in src/pyqasm/visitor.py lines 2996-3011, preserving existing
behavior.
In `@src/pyqasm/visitor.py`:
- Around line 2826-2827: The loop limit check in the while-loop visitor should
occur after reevaluating a true condition and before starting iteration N+1,
rather than immediately after incrementing the completed-iteration counter.
Update the relevant visitor logic near loop_counter so exactly max_loop_iters
iterations can complete, matching _visit_forin_loop, and add a regression test
for a loop that becomes false after the boundary iteration.
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Two related bugs from #386, one shared root cause. `for` loops had no handler for the internal `BreakSignal`/`ContinueSignal`, so a raw signal escaped `validate()`/`unroll()` as `pyqasm.exceptions.BreakSignal: None`. `while` loops had a handler but discarded every statement the interrupted iteration had already emitted -- `while (i<3) { h q[0]; i+=1; break; }` unrolled to nothing instead of one `h q[0]`. Root cause was in `visit_basic_block`: when a nested statement raised a `LoopControlSignal`, the exception left the method before the accumulated `result` could be returned, so anything emitted before the signal was lost. `visit_basic_block` now attaches its accumulated statements to the signal's new `partial_result` field and re-raises, and every intermediate frame (branch, switch case) prepends its own accumulated statements and re-raises. `_visit_forin_loop` now catches both signals with matching scope/context cleanup; `_visit_while_loop` folds `partial_result` back into its own result before honoring the signal; `_visit_branching_ statement` runs its body inside a `try/except LoopControlSignal` that pops the scope it pushed. `_visit_break`/`_visit_continue` now raise a proper `ValidationError` when there is no enclosing loop instead of letting the internal signal escape. `LoopControlSignal` was tidied so its string form reads "break"/ "continue" instead of `None`, the previous `ContinueSignal` ignoring its `msg` argument is fixed, and `BreakSignal` no longer routes its `msg` into the base's `signal_type` assert. Adds regression tests to `tests/qasm3/test_loop.py` and `test_while.py` covering direct-body, nested-if (1 and 2 levels), nested-for, and switch-case cases for both signals, plus a check that `validate()` and `unroll()` never leak a `LoopControlSignal`. Fixes #386 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@src/pyqasm/visitor.py`:
- Line 1289: Update _visit_function_call to save the caller’s _loop_depth, reset
it while traversing the subroutine body, and restore it afterward so
_visit_break and _visit_continue remain lexically scoped to the subroutine. Move
function-scope, context, and transformation-map cleanup into a finally block so
cleanup always runs, including when LoopControlSignal is raised; add regressions
asserting both statements produce ValidationError when used in a called
subroutine.
In `@tests/qasm3/test_while.py`:
- Line 189: Annotate all five newly added test functions in the while-loop tests
with an explicit return type of None, including
test_while_loop_allows_exactly_max_iterations and the four functions at the
referenced locations.
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| BreakSignal: Always, when inside a loop. | ||
| ValidationError: If the statement appears outside any loop. | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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In the qBraid pyqasm library, _loop_depth and _visit_function_call are internal components associated with the AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) traversal and visitor pattern used to analyze and unroll OpenQASM 3 programs [1][2]. While these specific internal identifiers are not detailed in the public-facing API documentation [3][4], their functions can be inferred from the library's architecture and visitor implementation: 1. _loop_depth: This is an internal state variable used during AST traversal to track the current nesting level of loops (such as for or while loops) [2]. Tracking this depth is essential for controlling unrolling logic, managing recursion, and enforcing constraints like iteration limits to prevent infinite loops during compilation [5][2]. 2. _visit_function_call: This is a visitor method within the library's visitor pattern (typically implemented in a visitor class within src/pyqasm/visitor.py) [1][6]. It is responsible for handling function call nodes in the OpenQASM AST. When the visitor encounters a function call (such as a subroutine invocation), _visit_function_call manages the process of inlining the subroutine body or performing other required semantic analyses, ensuring the quantum program is correctly prepared for execution [1][2]. These methods form part of the internal semantic analyzer and unroller that flattens OpenQASM 3 high-level constructs into a sequence of hardware-ready quantum operations [1]. Developers looking to modify or understand this logic should refer to the source code in the qBraid/pyqasm GitHub repository, specifically the visitor implementation [1][7].
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- 1: https://github.com/qBraid/pyqasm
- 2: GitHub pull request 199 in qBraid/pyqasm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 3: https://sdk.qbraid.com/pyqasm/stubs/pyqasm.QasmModule.html
- 4: https://docs.qbraid.com/v2/pyqasm/user-guide/overview
- 5: https://docs.qbraid.com/v2/pyqasm/user-guide/advanced-features
- 6: GitHub issue 188 in qBraid/pyqasm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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Make loop-control validation lexical across subroutine calls. _visit_function_call retains the caller’s _loop_depth while visiting the subroutine body. Therefore, _visit_break and _visit_continue accept statements in a subroutine called from a loop and raise LoopControlSignal. The signal skips function scope, context, and transformation-map cleanup. The enclosing loop can then pop the function scope instead of its own. Save and reset _loop_depth during function-body traversal, and move cleanup into finally. Add regressions for both statements that expect ValidationError.
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In `@src/pyqasm/visitor.py` at line 1289, Update _visit_function_call to save the
caller’s _loop_depth, reset it while traversing the subroutine body, and restore
it afterward so _visit_break and _visit_continue remain lexically scoped to the
subroutine. Move function-scope, context, and transformation-map cleanup into a
finally block so cleanup always runs, including when LoopControlSignal is
raised; add regressions asserting both statements produce ValidationError when
used in a called subroutine.
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Add return annotations to the new test functions.
Each new test function returns None but omits -> None. Apply the annotation to all five functions.
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-def test_while_loop_allows_exactly_max_iterations():
+def test_while_loop_allows_exactly_max_iterations() -> None:As per coding guidelines: “All functions, methods, and class attributes must have type annotations.”
Also applies to: 215-215, 290-290, 310-310, 334-334
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In `@tests/qasm3/test_while.py` at line 189, Annotate all five newly added test
functions in the while-loop tests with an explicit return type of None,
including test_while_loop_allows_exactly_max_iterations and the four functions
at the referenced locations.
Source: Coding guidelines
`_visit_function_call` kept the caller's `_loop_depth` while visiting a subroutine body, so `break` and `continue` there would raise the signal instead of a `ValidationError`. The signal skipped the function scope, context and transformation-map cleanup, leaving the enclosing loop to pop the function scope rather than its own. Reset `_loop_depth` for the body and restore it in a `finally` that also carries the cleanup, so it runs on every exit path. The openqasm3 parser rejects these programs first today, so the guard is a backstop; the regression test pins the guarantee either way. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Fixes #386
Problem
break/continueare implemented as internal control-flow exceptions. Two bugs followed from one root cause:forloops had no handler, soBreakSignal/ContinueSignalescapedvalidate()andunroll()to the caller — internal types that are notValidationError.whileloops caught the signal but discarded every statement the interrupted iteration had already emitted.while (i < 3) { h q[0]; i += 1; break; }unrolled to nothing instead of oneh q[0]— silent wrong output.Both come from
visit_basic_block: when a nested statement raised, the exception propagated out before the accumulated result could be returned.Fix
The signal now carries a
partial_result.visit_basic_blockattaches the statements it emitted before the signal and re-raises; each enclosing frame (branch, switch case) prepends its own and re-raises, popping the scope it pushed; the loop handlers fold it back into the output.Also:
_visit_forin_loopcatches both signals with matching scope cleanup, andbreak/continueoutside any loop now raise aValidationErrorinstead of leaking a signal.Also fixed:
while (cond) { continue; }never terminatedFound while reviewing this change. The iteration counter was incremented only on the path that ran the body to completion, so an iteration cut short by
continuedid not count and the loop-limit guard never fired.The
whilehandler now records the signal, pops the scope once, breaks out onbreak, and otherwise counts the iteration before resuming — socontinueis bounded bymax_loop_itersexactly like any other non-terminating body. This also removes the duplicated scope-pop that the two exit paths each had.This bug predates the PR, but it lives in the handler being rewritten here.
Tests
tests/qasm3/test_loop.py,test_while.py—break/continuein aforbody, nested one and twoiflevels deep, inside a nestedfor, thewhile+breakcase asserting the pre-breakgate survives, a switch case inside a loop, andtest_while_loop_limit_counts_continue_iterations, which hangs forever without the counter fix.817 passed, 3 skipped.
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Bug Fixes
breakandcontinuebehavior infor,while, nested, conditional, and switch-case loops.breakorcontinueused outside loops.continueiterations count toward limits and while loops allow the configured maximum.Documentation