Merge pull request #91 from CQCL/release/0.37.1

Release/0.37.1

Author: cqc-alec

_metadata.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__extension_version__ = "0.37.0"
+__extension_version__ = "0.37.1"
 __extension_name__ = "pytket-qiskit"

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
+0.37.1 (March 2023)
+-------------------
+* Fix backend settings for AerStateBackend and AerUnitaryBackend
+
 0.37.0 (March 2023)
 -------------------
 

pytket/extensions/qiskit/backends/aer.py

@@ -464,16 +464,14 @@ def __init__(
 
 class AerStateBackend(_AerBaseBackend):
     _persistent_handles = False
-    _supports_shots = True
-    _supports_counts = True
+    _supports_state = True
     _supports_expectation = True
     _expectation_allows_nonhermitian = False
 
     _noise_model = None
     _memory = False
 
     _qiskit_backend_name = "aer_simulator_statevector"
-    _supports_state = True
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         """Backend for running simulations on the Qiskit Aer Statevector simulator."""
@@ -499,16 +497,12 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
 
 class AerUnitaryBackend(_AerBaseBackend):
     _persistent_handles = False
-    _supports_shots = True
-    _supports_counts = True
-    _supports_expectation = True
-    _expectation_allows_nonhermitian = False
+    _supports_unitary = True
 
     _memory = False
     _noise_model = None
 
     _qiskit_backend_name = "aer_simulator_unitary"
-    _supports_unitary = True
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         """Backend for running simulations on the Qiskit Aer Unitary simulator."""