A Comprehensive Study of Bug Fixes in Quantum Programs
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.08662v1
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:14:42 GMT
- Title: A Comprehensive Study of Bug Fixes in Quantum Programs
- Authors: Junjie Luo, Pengzhan Zhao, Zhongtao Miao, Shuhan Lan, Jianjun Zhao
- Abstract summary: We collect and investigate 96 real-world bugs and their fixes from four popular quantum programming languages Qiskit, Cirq, Q#, and ProjectQ.
Our study shows that a high proportion of bugs in quantum programs are quantum-specific bugs (over 80%), which requires further research in the bug fixing domain.
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- Abstract: As quantum programming evolves, more and more quantum programming languages
are being developed. As a result, debugging and testing quantum programs have
become increasingly important. While bug fixing in classical programs has come
a long way, there is a lack of research in quantum programs. To this end, this
paper presents a comprehensive study on bug fixing in quantum programs. We
collect and investigate 96 real-world bugs and their fixes from four popular
quantum programming languages Qiskit, Cirq, Q#, and ProjectQ). Our study shows
that a high proportion of bugs in quantum programs are quantum-specific bugs
(over 80%), which requires further research in the bug fixing domain. We also
summarize and extend the bug patterns in quantum programs and subdivide the
most critical part, math-related bugs, to make it more applicable to the study
of quantum programs. Our findings summarize the characteristics of bugs in
quantum programs and provide a basis for studying testing and debugging quantum
programs.
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