Initialisation

	TEST_CASE ("initBlankState", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("initZeroState", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("initPlusState", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("initClassicalState", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("initDebugState", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("initRandomPureState", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("initRandomMixedState", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("initArbitraryPureState", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("setQuregAmps", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("setDensityQuregFlatAmps", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("setDensityQuregAmps", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("setQuregToRenormalized", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("setQuregToPauliStrSum", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("setQuregToWeightedSum", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("setQuregToMixture", TEST_CATEGORY)

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

TEST_CASE() [1/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"initArbitraryPureState"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 227 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                     {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        // works for unnormalised states
        qvector refVec = getRandomVector(getPow2(getNumCachedQubits()));
        qmatrix refMat = getOuterProduct(refVec, refVec);
 
        auto apiFunc = [&](Qureg qureg) { initArbitraryPureState(qureg, refVec.data()); };
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), apiFunc, refVec); }
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), apiFunc, refMat); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [2/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"initBlankState"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

TESTS

Definition at line 75 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                             {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), initBlankState, getRefStatevec()); }
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), initBlankState, getRefDensmatr()); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [3/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"initClassicalState"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 121 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                 {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        int numQubits = getNumCachedQubits();
        int numInds = (int) getPow2(numQubits);
        int stateInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numInds) );
 
        qvector refVec = getRefStatevec(); refVec[stateInd]           = 1; // |i> = {0, ..., 1, 0, ...}
        qmatrix refMat = getRefDensmatr(); refMat[stateInd][stateInd] = 1; // |i><i| 
 
        auto apiFunc = [&](Qureg qureg) { initClassicalState(qureg, stateInd); };
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), apiFunc, refVec); }
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), apiFunc, refMat); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [4/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"initDebugState"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 142 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                             {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        qvector refVec = getRefStatevec(); setToDebugState(refVec); // |debug>
        qmatrix refMat = getRefDensmatr(); setToDebugState(refMat); // ||debug>>
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), initDebugState, refVec); }
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), initDebugState, refMat); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [5/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"initPlusState"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 102 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                            {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        int numQubits = getNumCachedQubits();
        qreal vecElem = 1. / std::sqrt(getPow2(numQubits));
        qreal matElem = 1. / getPow2(numQubits);
 
        qvector refVec = getConstantVector(getPow2(numQubits), vecElem); // |+> = 1/sqrt(2^N) {1, ...}
        qmatrix refMat = getConstantMatrix(getPow2(numQubits), matElem); // |+><+| = 1/2^N {{1, ...}, ...}
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), initPlusState, refVec); }
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), initPlusState, refMat); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [6/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"initRandomMixedState"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 190 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                   {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        // this test does not use reference states
 
        GENERATE( range(0,10) );
        int numPureStates = GENERATE( 1, 2, 10 );
 
        auto testFunc = [&](Qureg qureg) {
 
            initRandomMixedState(qureg, numPureStates);
            
            /// @todo
            /// these not-all-same-amp checks can be made much more rigorous,
            /// by e.g. asserting distinct nodes haven't generated all the same
            /// amplitudes (we currently observe this by eye)
            syncQuregFromGpu(qureg);
            REQUIRE( qureg.cpuAmps[0] != qureg.cpuAmps[1] ); // performed on all nodes
 
            qreal prob = calcTotalProb(qureg);
            REQUIRE_AGREE( prob, 1 );
 
            qreal purity = calcPurity(qureg);
            if (numPureStates == 1)
                REQUIRE_AGREE( purity, 1 );
            else
                REQUIRE( purity < 1 );
        };
 
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), testFunc); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [7/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"initRandomPureState"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 157 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                  {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        // this test does not use reference states
        GENERATE( range(0,10) );
 
        auto testFunc = [&](Qureg qureg) {
 
            initRandomPureState(qureg);
            
            /// @todo
            /// these not-all-same-amp checks can be made much more rigorous,
            /// by e.g. asserting distinct nodes haven't generated all the same
            /// amplitudes (we currently observe this by eye)
            syncQuregFromGpu(qureg);
            REQUIRE( qureg.cpuAmps[0] != qureg.cpuAmps[1] );
 
            qreal prob = calcTotalProb(qureg);
            REQUIRE_AGREE( prob, 1 );
 
            qreal purity = calcPurity(qureg);
            REQUIRE_AGREE( purity, 1 );
        };
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), testFunc); }
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), testFunc); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [8/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"initZeroState"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 87 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                            {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        qvector refVec = getRefStatevec(); refVec[0]    = 1; // |0> = {1, 0...}
        qmatrix refMat = getRefDensmatr(); refMat[0][0] = 1; // |0><0| = {{1,0...},{0...}...}
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), initZeroState, refVec); }
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), initZeroState, refMat); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [9/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"setDensityQuregAmps"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 316 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                  {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        int numTotalRowsCols = getPow2(getNumCachedQubits());
 
        // systematic iteration is WAY too slow
        GENERATE( range(0,1000) );
        int numSetRows = getRandomInt(1, numTotalRowsCols+1);
        int numSetCols = getRandomInt(1, numTotalRowsCols+1);
        int startRow = getRandomInt(0, numTotalRowsCols - numSetRows);
        int startCol = getRandomInt(0, numTotalRowsCols - numSetCols);
 
        // caution that amps is 'qmatrix' despite not being square
        qmatrix amps = getRandomNonSquareMatrix(numSetRows, numSetCols);
 
        auto testFunc = [&](Qureg qureg) {
 
            // initialise qureg randomly
            qmatrix refMat = getRandomMatrix(numTotalRowsCols);
            setQuregToReference(qureg, refMat);
 
            // API needs nested pointers
            std::vector<qcomp*> rowPtrs(numSetRows);
            for (size_t r=0; r<numSetRows; r++)
                rowPtrs[r] = amps[r].data();
 
            // overwrite a sub-matrix of refMat and Qureg
            setSubMatrix(refMat, amps, startRow, startCol);
            setDensityQuregAmps(qureg, startRow, startCol, rowPtrs.data(), numSetRows, numSetCols);
 
            // check that both targeted and non-targeted amps agree
            REQUIRE_AGREE( qureg, refMat );
        };
 
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), testFunc); }
    
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [10/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"setDensityQuregFlatAmps"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 278 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                      {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        int numTotalRows = getPow2(getNumCachedQubits());
        int numTotalAmps = numTotalRows * numTotalRows;
 
        // systematic iteration is WAY too slow
        GENERATE( range(0,1000) );
        int numSetAmps = getRandomInt(0, numTotalAmps + 1);
        int startInd = getRandomInt(0, numTotalAmps - numSetAmps);
        qvector amps = getRandomVector(numSetAmps);
 
        auto testFunc = [&](Qureg qureg) {
 
            // initialise qureg randomly
            qmatrix refMat = getRandomMatrix(numTotalRows);
            setQuregToReference(qureg, refMat);
 
            // overwrite a contiguous region of row-major refMat, column-wise
            refMat = getTranspose(refMat);
            setSubMatrix(refMat, amps, startInd);
            refMat = getTranspose(refMat);
 
            // modify the same contiguous region of column-major qureg
            setDensityQuregFlatAmps(qureg, startInd, amps.data(), numSetAmps);
        
            // check that both targeted and non-targeted amps agree
            REQUIRE_AGREE( qureg, refMat );
        };
 
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), testFunc); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [11/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"setQuregAmps"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 247 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                           {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        int numTotalAmps = getPow2(getNumCachedQubits());
        int numSetAmps = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numTotalAmps+1) ); 
        int startInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numTotalAmps-numSetAmps) );
        qvector amps = getRandomVector(numSetAmps);
 
        auto testFunc = [&](Qureg qureg) {
 
            // initialise qureg randomly
            qvector refVec = getRandomVector(numTotalAmps);
            setQuregToReference(qureg, refVec);
 
            // modify only subset of refVec amps and qureg...
            setSubVector(refVec, amps, startInd);
            setQuregAmps(qureg, startInd, amps.data(), numSetAmps);
        
            // so that we simultaneously check targeted amps 
            // are modified while non-targeted are not
            REQUIRE_AGREE( qureg, refVec );
        };
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), testFunc); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [12/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"setQuregToMixture"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 615 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        // @todo
        // below, we test when every inQureg is unqiue and distinct
        // from the outQureg, and so do not test the valid scenarios of:
        // - outQureg being among inQuregs
        // - one or more inQuregs being repeated
        // However, both CPU and GPU implementations are sufficiently
        // trivial to validate by inspection (eep...)
 
        // compile-time optimisations apply for <= 5
        int numInQuregs = GENERATE( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 20 );
        CAPTURE( numInQuregs );
 
        vector<qreal> probs = getRandomProbabilities(numInQuregs);
 
        // we must pass identically-deployed inQureg as outQureg,
        // which itself gets tested being each possible deployment,
        // so we defer allocation of the inQuregs
        vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numInQuregs);
 
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) {
 
            // generate (unnormalised) input reference matrices
            vector<qmatrix> inMatrRefs(numInQuregs);
            for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++)
                inMatrRefs[i] = getRandomMatrix(getPow2(getNumCachedQubits()));
                
            // compute output reference matrix
            qmatrix outMatrRef = getZeroMatrix(getPow2(getNumCachedQubits()));
            for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++)
                outMatrRef += probs[i] * inMatrRefs[i];
 
            auto apiFunc = [&](Qureg outQureg) { 
 
                // prepare input quregs
                for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++) {
                    inQuregs[i] = createCloneQureg(outQureg);
                    setQuregToReference(inQuregs[i], inMatrRefs[i]);
                }
 
                // modify outQureg
                setQuregToMixture(outQureg, probs.data(), inQuregs.data(), numInQuregs);
 
                // free input quregs
                for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++)
                    destroyQureg(inQuregs[i]);
            };
 
            TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), apiFunc, outMatrRef);
        }
    }
 
    SECTION( LABEL_VALIDATION ) {
 
        // arbitrary existing qureg
        Qureg qureg = getCachedDensmatrs().begin()->second;
 
        SECTION( "out qureg uninitialised" ) {
 
            // spoof uninitialised value to be sure
            Qureg badQureg;
            badQureg.numQubits = -123;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToMixture(badQureg, nullptr, nullptr, 1), 
                ContainsSubstring("invalid Qureg") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "in qureg uninitialised" ) {
 
            // set all inQureg to arbitrary existing qureg
            int numIn = 5;
            vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, qureg);
 
            // hide an unitialised qureg among them
            Qureg badQureg;
            badQureg.numQubits = -123;
            int badInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numIn) );
            inQuregs[badInd] = badQureg;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToMixture(qureg, nullptr, inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("invalid Qureg") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "out qureg is statevector" ) {
 
            Qureg badQureg = getCachedStatevecs().begin()->second;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToMixture(badQureg, nullptr, nullptr, 1), 
                ContainsSubstring("received a statevector") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "in qureg is statevector" ) {
 
            // set all inQureg to arbitrary existing density matrix
            int numIn = 5;
            vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, qureg);
 
            // hide a statevector among them
            int badInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numIn) );
            inQuregs[badInd] = getCachedStatevecs().begin()->second;;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToMixture(qureg, nullptr, inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("One or more Quregs were statevectors") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "number of quregs" ) {
 
            int numIn = GENERATE( -1, 0 );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToMixture(qureg, nullptr, nullptr, numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("number of passed Quregs") && ContainsSubstring("is invalid") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "inconsistent qureg sizes" ) {
 
            // must create new Quregs to ensure they are identically deployed
            Qureg quregA = createCustomQureg(getNumCachedQubits(),     1,0,0,0);
            Qureg quregB = createCustomQureg(getNumCachedQubits() + 1, 1,0,0,0);
 
            // set all inQureg to quregA (as will be outQureg)
            int numIn = 5;
            vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, quregA);
 
            // set one to quregB
            int badInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numIn) );
            inQuregs[badInd] = quregB;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToMixture(quregA, nullptr, inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("inconsistent attributes") );
 
            destroyQureg(quregA);
            destroyQureg(quregB);
        }
 
        SECTION( "inconsistent qureg deployments" ) {
 
            // we do not necessarily have differently-distributed/GPU Quregs at
            // runtime, so we enumerate all deployments and test when they differ
 
            for (auto& [label, badQureg]: getCachedDensmatrs()) {
 
                if ((badQureg.isGpuAccelerated == qureg.isGpuAccelerated) &&
                    (badQureg.isDistributed    == qureg.isDistributed))
                    continue;
 
                // set all inQureg to qureg (as will be outQureg)
                int numIn = 5;
                vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, qureg);
 
                // set one to badQureg
                int badInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numIn) );
                inQuregs[badInd] = badQureg;
 
                REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                    setQuregToMixture(qureg, nullptr, inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                    ContainsSubstring("inconsistent attributes") );
            }
 
            // automatically pass when there are no differing deployments
            SUCCEED( );
        }
 
        SECTION( "invalid probs" ) {
 
            // set all inQureg to arbitrary existing density matrix
            int numIn = 5;
            vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, qureg);
 
            // get valid probabilities then mess one up
            int badInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numIn) );
            vector<qreal> probs = getRandomProbabilities(numIn);
            probs[badInd] = GENERATE( -1., -0.1, 1.1, 2. );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToMixture(qureg, probs.data(), inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("One or more given probabilities are invalid") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "unnormalised probs" ) {
 
            // set all inQureg to arbitrary existing density matrix
            int numIn = 5;
            vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, qureg);
 
            // these illegal non-unity values assume eps < 0.1
            qreal probSum = GENERATE( 0.9, 1.1 );
            vector<qreal> probs(numIn, probSum / numIn);
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToMixture(qureg, probs.data(), inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("probabilities do not sum to") && ContainsSubstring("one") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "different number of quregs and probs") {
 
            // relevant only to the C++ overload
 
            qreal prob = 0;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToMixture(qureg, {prob,prob}, {qureg}), 
                ContainsSubstring("different number of probabilities") );
        }
    }
}

TEST_CASE() [13/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"setQuregToPauliStrSum"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 390 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                    {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        GENERATE( range(0,10) );
        int numQubits = getNumCachedQubits();
        int numTerms = GENERATE_COPY( 1, numQubits, getPow2(2*numQubits) );
        PauliStrSum sum = createRandomPauliStrSum(numQubits, numTerms);
        qmatrix refMat = getMatrix(sum, numQubits);
 
        auto apiFunc = [&](Qureg qureg) { setQuregToPauliStrSum(qureg, sum); };
 
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), apiFunc, refMat); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [14/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"setQuregToRenormalized"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 359 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                     {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        GENERATE( range(0,10) );
        qindex dim = getPow2(getNumCachedQubits());
        qvector refVec = getRandomVector(dim);
        qmatrix refMat = getRandomMatrix(dim);
 
        // eliminate random chance of tr(refMat)=0, triggering validation
        if (doScalarsAgree(getTrace(refMat), 0))
            refMat[0][0] += 1/(qreal) dim;
 
        // [=] stores current (pre-normalised) reference objects
        auto funcVec = [=](Qureg qureg) { setQuregToReference(qureg, refVec); setQuregToRenormalized(qureg); };
        auto funcMat = [=](Qureg qureg) { setQuregToReference(qureg, refMat); setQuregToRenormalized(qureg); };
 
        // setQuregToRenormalized() makes statevectors become valid
        refVec = getNormalised(refVec);
 
        // but it only divides density matrices by the sum of the real-elems of their diagonals
        refMat /= getReferenceProbability(refMat);
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), funcVec, refVec); }
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) { TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), funcMat, refMat); }
    }
 
    /// @todo input validation
}

TEST_CASE() [15/15]

TEST_CASE	(	"setQuregToWeightedSum"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 409 of file initialisations.cpp.

                                                    {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        // @todo
        // below, we test when every inQureg is unqiue and distinct
        // from the outQureg, and so do not test the valid scenarios of:
        // - outQureg being among inQuregs
        // - one or more inQuregs being repeated
        // However, both CPU and GPU implementations are sufficiently
        // trivial to validate by inspection (eep...)
 
        qindex quregDim = getPow2(getNumCachedQubits());
 
        // compile-time optimisations apply for <= 5
        int numInQuregs = GENERATE( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 20 );
        CAPTURE( numInQuregs );
 
        vector<qcomp> coeffs = getRandomVector(numInQuregs);
 
        // we must pass identically-deployed inQureg as outQureg,
        // which itself gets tested being each possible deployment,
        // so we defer allocation of the inQuregs
        vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numInQuregs);
 
        // this function generates apiFunc in a way agnostic to
        // whether outQureg is a statevector (inRefs are qvector)
        // or a density matrix (inRefs are qmatrix)
        auto apiFuncGen = [&](auto& inRefs) {
 
            return [&](Qureg outQureg) { 
 
                // prepare input quregs
                for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++) {
                    inQuregs[i] = createCloneQureg(outQureg);
                    setQuregToReference(inQuregs[i], inRefs[i]);
                }
 
                // modify outQureg
                setQuregToWeightedSum(outQureg, coeffs.data(), inQuregs.data(), numInQuregs);
 
                // free input quregs
                for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++)
                    destroyQureg(inQuregs[i]);
            };
        };
 
        SECTION( LABEL_STATEVEC ) {
 
            // generate (unnormalised) input reference vectors
            vector<qvector> inVecRefs(numInQuregs);
            for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++)
                inVecRefs[i] = getRandomVector(quregDim);
                
            // compute output reference vector
            qvector outVecRef = getZeroVector(quregDim);
            for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++)
                outVecRef += coeffs[i] * inVecRefs[i];
 
            TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedStatevecs(), apiFuncGen(inVecRefs), outVecRef);
        }
 
        SECTION( LABEL_DENSMATR ) {
 
            // generate (unnormalised) input reference matrices
            vector<qmatrix> inMatrRefs(numInQuregs);
            for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++)
                inMatrRefs[i] = getRandomMatrix(quregDim);
                
            // compute output reference matrix
            qmatrix outMatrRef = getZeroMatrix(quregDim);
            for (int i=0; i<numInQuregs; i++)
                outMatrRef += coeffs[i] * inMatrRefs[i];
 
            TEST_ON_CACHED_QUREGS(getCachedDensmatrs(), apiFuncGen(inMatrRefs), outMatrRef);
        }
    }
 
    SECTION( LABEL_VALIDATION ) {
 
        // arbitrary existing qureg
        Qureg qureg = getCachedStatevecs().begin()->second;
 
        SECTION( "out qureg uninitialised" ) {
 
            // spoof uninitialised value to be sure
            Qureg badQureg;
            badQureg.numQubits = -123;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToWeightedSum(badQureg, nullptr, nullptr, 1), 
                ContainsSubstring("invalid Qureg") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "in qureg uninitialised" ) {
 
            // set all inQureg to arbitrary existing qureg
            int numIn = 5;
            vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, qureg);
 
            // hide an uninitialised qureg among them
            Qureg badQureg;
            badQureg.numQubits = -123;
            int badInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numIn) );
            inQuregs[badInd] = badQureg;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToWeightedSum(qureg, nullptr, inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("invalid Qureg") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "invalid number of quregs" ) {
 
            int numIn = GENERATE( -1, 0 );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToWeightedSum(qureg, nullptr, nullptr, numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("number of passed Quregs") && ContainsSubstring("is invalid") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "inconsistent qureg types" ) {
 
            // must create new Quregs to ensure they are identically deployed
            Qureg sv = createCustomQureg(getNumCachedQubits(), 0, 0,0,0);
            Qureg dm = createCustomQureg(getNumCachedQubits(), 1, 0,0,0);
 
            // set all inQureg to sv (as will be outQureg)
            int numIn = 5;
            vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, sv);
 
            // set one to dm
            int badInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numIn) );
            inQuregs[badInd] = dm;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToWeightedSum(sv, nullptr, inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("inconsistent attributes") );
 
            destroyQureg(sv);
            destroyQureg(dm);
        }
 
        SECTION( "inconsistent qureg sizes" ) {
 
            // must create new Quregs to ensure they are identically deployed
            Qureg quregA = createCustomQureg(getNumCachedQubits(),     0,0,0,0);
            Qureg quregB = createCustomQureg(getNumCachedQubits() + 1, 0,0,0,0);
 
            // set all inQureg to quregA (as will be outQureg)
            int numIn = 5;
            vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, quregA);
 
            // set one to quregB
            int badInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numIn) );
            inQuregs[badInd] = quregB;
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToWeightedSum(quregA, nullptr, inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                ContainsSubstring("inconsistent attributes") );
 
            destroyQureg(quregA);
            destroyQureg(quregB);
        }
 
        SECTION( "inconsistent qureg deployments" ) {
 
            // we do not necessarily have differently-distributed/GPU Quregs at
            // runtime, so we enumerate all deployments and test when they differ
 
            for (auto& [label, badQureg]: getCachedStatevecs()) {
 
                if ((badQureg.isGpuAccelerated == qureg.isGpuAccelerated) &&
                    (badQureg.isDistributed    == qureg.isDistributed))
                    continue;
 
                // set all inQureg to qureg (as will be outQureg)
                int numIn = 5;
                vector<Qureg> inQuregs(numIn, qureg);
 
                // set one to badQureg
                int badInd = GENERATE_COPY( range(0,numIn) );
                inQuregs[badInd] = badQureg;
 
                REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                    setQuregToWeightedSum(qureg, nullptr, inQuregs.data(), numIn), 
                    ContainsSubstring("inconsistent attributes") );
            }
 
            // automatically pass when there are no differing deployments
            SUCCEED( );
        }
 
        SECTION( "different number of quregs and coeffs") {
 
            // relevant only to the C++ overload
 
            qcomp coeff = getQcomp(0,0);
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( 
                setQuregToWeightedSum(qureg, {coeff,coeff}, {qureg}), 
                ContainsSubstring("different number of coefficients") );
        }
    }
}