Deprecate num_shots parameter (#688)

The num_shots parameter was replaced with shots parameter in Jan 2024.

Removing the deprecation message and support for num_shots.

Author: xinyi-joffre

azure-quantum/azure/quantum/cirq/targets/ionq.py

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def submit(
         azure_job = super().submit(
             circuit=serialized_program.body,
             name=name,
-            num_shots=repetitions,
+            shots=repetitions,
             metadata=metadata,
             **kwargs
         )

azure-quantum/azure/quantum/cirq/targets/quantinuum.py

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def submit(
         azure_job = super().submit(
             circuit=serialized_program,
             name=name,
-            num_shots=repetitions,
+            shots=repetitions,
             metadata=metadata,
             **kwargs
         )

azure-quantum/azure/quantum/target/ionq.py

@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 from warnings import warn
 
-from azure.quantum.target.target import (
-    Target,
-    _determine_shots_or_deprecated_num_shots,
-)
 from azure.quantum.job.job import Job
+from azure.quantum.target.target import Target
 from azure.quantum.workspace import Workspace
-from azure.quantum._client.models import CostEstimate, UsageEvent
 from typing import Union
 
 
@@ -91,13 +87,6 @@ def submit(
             )
         if input_params is None:
             input_params = {}
-
-        num_shots = kwargs.pop("num_shots", None)
-
-        shots = _determine_shots_or_deprecated_num_shots(
-            shots=shots,
-            num_shots=num_shots,
-        )
 
         return super().submit(
             input_data=input_data,

azure-quantum/azure/quantum/target/quantinuum.py

@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Union
 from warnings import warn
 
-from azure.quantum.target.target import (
-    Target,
-    _determine_shots_or_deprecated_num_shots,
-)
 from azure.quantum.job.job import Job
+from azure.quantum.target.target import Target
 from azure.quantum.workspace import Workspace
-from azure.quantum._client.models import CostEstimate, UsageEvent
 
 
 class Quantinuum(Target):
@@ -86,13 +82,6 @@ def submit(
         if input_params is None:
             input_params = {}
 
-        num_shots = kwargs.pop("num_shots", None)
-
-        shots = _determine_shots_or_deprecated_num_shots(
-            shots=shots,
-            num_shots=num_shots,
-        )
-
         return super().submit(
             input_data=input_data,
             name=name,

azure-quantum/azure/quantum/target/target.py

@@ -390,33 +390,3 @@ def _calculate_qir_module_gate_stats(self, qir_module) -> GateStats:
             multi_qubit_gates, 
             measurement_gates
         )
-
-
-def _determine_shots_or_deprecated_num_shots(
-    shots: int = None,
-    num_shots: int = None,
-) -> int:
-    """
-    This helper function checks if the deprecated 'num_shots' parameter is specified.
-    In earlier versions it was possible to pass this parameter to specify shots number for a job,
-    but now we only check for it for compatibility reasons.  
-    """
-    final_shots = None
-    if shots is not None and num_shots is not None:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "Both 'shots' and 'num_shots' parameters were specified. Defaulting to 'shots' parameter. "
-            "Please, use 'shots' since 'num_shots' will be deprecated.",
-            category=DeprecationWarning,
-        )
-        final_shots = shots
-        
-    elif shots is not None:
-        final_shots = shots
-    elif num_shots is not None:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "The 'num_shots' parameter will be deprecated. Please, use 'shots' parameter instead.",
-            category=DeprecationWarning,
-        )
-        final_shots = num_shots
-
-    return final_shots