support serialization of identity gate by converting it to phasedXZ

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A Python framework for creating, editing, and invoking Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) circuits.

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support serialization of identity gate by converting it to phasedXZ #6458

Closed NoureldinYosri closed 8 months ago

NoureldinYosri commented 9 months ago

fixes https://github.com/quantumlib/Cirq/issues/4833

maffoo commented 9 months ago

We discussed adding a separate identity gate in the prior discuss on this (see https://github.com/quantumlib/Cirq/issues/4833#issuecomment-1050377165). Any reason not to do that? I think the goal of serialization has been to preserve circuits as much as possible, rather than converting to "equivalent" gates, but we haven't made a firm commitment to that goal.

NoureldinYosri commented 8 months ago

superseded by https://github.com/quantumlib/Cirq/pull/6479