From d33b1a71ac9721e762a2fa1b9e9871edfe187a3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Neeley <maffoo@google.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:38:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't create a new list of qubits in Gate.on (#6390)

Review: @dabacon
---
 cirq-core/cirq/ops/raw_types.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/ops/raw_types.py b/cirq-core/cirq/ops/raw_types.py
index 7739f2d268e..18fe6e22fc5 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/ops/raw_types.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/ops/raw_types.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def on(self, *qubits: Qid) -> 'Operation':
         Returns: a `cirq.Operation` which is this gate applied to the given
             qubits.
         """
-        return ops.gate_operation.GateOperation(self, list(qubits))
+        return ops.gate_operation.GateOperation(self, qubits)
 
     def on_each(self, *targets: Union[Qid, Iterable[Any]]) -> List['cirq.Operation']:
         """Returns a list of operations applying the gate to all targets.