rename native to verbatim

amazon-braket · Jul 19, 2023 · 9c4b85e · 9c4b85e
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diff --git a/src/braket/pennylane_plugin/braket_device.py b/src/braket/pennylane_plugin/braket_device.py
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ class BraketQubitDevice(QubitDevice):
             ``0``, the device runs in analytic mode (calculations will be exact).
         noise_model (NoiseModel or None): The Braket noise model to apply to the circuit before
             execution.
-        native (bool): Whether to use the native gate set for the device. Default False.
+        verbatim (bool): Whether to verbatim mode for the device. Note that verbatim mode only
+            supports the native gate set of the device. Default False.
         `**run_kwargs`: Variable length keyword arguments for ``braket.devices.Device.run()``.
     """
     name = "Braket PennyLane plugin"
@@ -114,14 +115,14 @@ def __init__(
         *,
         shots: Union[int, None],
         noise_model: Optional[NoiseModel] = None,
-        native: bool = False,
+        verbatim: bool = False,
         **run_kwargs,
     ):
         if DeviceActionType.OPENQASM not in device.properties.action:
             raise ValueError(f"Device {device.name} does not support quantum circuits")
 
         if (
-            native
+            verbatim
             and "verbatim"
             not in device.properties.action[DeviceActionType.OPENQASM].supportedPragmas
         ):
@@ -133,9 +134,9 @@ def __init__(
         self._task = None
         self._noise_model = noise_model
         self._run_kwargs = run_kwargs
-        self._supported_ops = supported_operations(self._device, native=native)
+        self._supported_ops = supported_operations(self._device, native=verbatim)
         self._check_supported_result_types()
-        self._native = native
+        self._verbatim = verbatim
 
         if noise_model:
             self._validate_noise_model_support()
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ def _pl_to_braket_circuit(
             trainable_indices=trainable_indices,
             **run_kwargs,
         )
-        if self._native:
+        if self._verbatim:
             braket_circuit = Circuit().add_verbatim_box(braket_circuit)
         if compute_gradient:
             braket_circuit = self._apply_gradient_result_type(circuit, braket_circuit)
@@ -519,7 +520,8 @@ class BraketAwsQubitDevice(BraketQubitDevice):
         max_retries (int): The maximum number of retries to use for batch execution.
             When executing tasks in parallel, failed tasks will be retried up to ``max_retries``
             times. Ignored if ``parallel=False``.
-        native (bool): Whether to use the native gate set for the device. Default False.
+        verbatim (bool): Whether to verbatim mode for the device. Note that verbatim mode only
+            supports the native gate set of the device. Default False.
         `**run_kwargs`: Variable length keyword arguments for ``braket.devices.Device.run()``.
     """
     name = "Braket AwsDevice for PennyLane"

diff --git a/test/unit_tests/test_braket_device.py b/test/unit_tests/test_braket_device.py
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ def test_verbatim_unsupported(device_type):
             wires=2,
             device_arn="foo",
             device_type=device_type,
-            native=True,
+            verbatim=True,
         )
 
 
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ def test_native(mock_run, device_type):
         device_arn="foo",
         device_type=device_type,
         action_properties=ACTION_PROPERTIES_NATIVE,
-        native=True,
+        verbatim=True,
         native_gate_set=["GPI", "GPI2", "MS"],
     )