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# Copyright 2024 Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.

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"""
Contains the switches to (de)activate the capturing mechanism, and a
status reporting function on whether it is enabled or not.
"""
from collections.abc import Callable
from contextlib import contextmanager

has_jax = True
try:
    import jax  # pylint: disable=unused-import
except ImportError:
    has_jax = False


def _make_switches() -> tuple[Callable[[], None], Callable[[], None], Callable[[], bool]]:
    r"""Create three functions, corresponding to an activation switch, a deactivation switch
    and a status query, in that order.

    .. note::

        While the internal variable is named in some context, this function
        can be used to make switches for any context.
    """

    _FEATURE_ENABLED = False
    # since this changes what happens with tracing, we need to turn the behaviour
    # off by default to preserve our ability to jit pennylane circuits.

    def enable_fn() -> None:
        """Enable the capturing mechanism of hybrid quantum-classical programs
        in a PennyLane Program Representation (plxpr)."""
        if not has_jax:
            raise ImportError("plxpr requires JAX to be installed.")
        nonlocal _FEATURE_ENABLED
        _FEATURE_ENABLED = True

    def disable_fn() -> None:
        """Disable the capturing mechanism of hybrid quantum-classical programs
        in a PennyLane Program Representation (plxpr)."""
        nonlocal _FEATURE_ENABLED
        _FEATURE_ENABLED = False

    def status_fn() -> bool:
        """Return whether the capturing mechanism of hybrid quantum-classical programs
        in a PennyLane Program Representation (plxpr) is enabled."""
        nonlocal _FEATURE_ENABLED
        return _FEATURE_ENABLED

    return enable_fn, disable_fn, status_fn


enable, disable, enabled = _make_switches()



[docs]@contextmanager
def pause():
    """Temporarily stop program capture.

    >>> def f():
    ...     with qml.capture.pause():
    ...         qml.X(0)
    ...     return 2
    >>> jax.make_jaxpr(f)()
    { lambda ; . let  in (2,) }

    """
    disable()
    try:
        yield
    finally:
        enable()