Merge pull request #207 from dlyongemallo/basic_optimization_to_basic…

…_gates Add helpful suggestion to `parse_gate` when called with non-basic gate.
zxcalc · Apr 17, 2024 · 3a6a878 · 3a6a878
2 parents e701d74 + 2feea75
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diff --git a/pyzx/optimize.py b/pyzx/optimize.py
@@ -512,9 +512,9 @@ def parse_gate(self, g: Gate) -> None:
             else: # Only the control has a hadamard gate in front of it
                 self.add_hadamard(c)
                 self.add_cnot(g)
-        
+
         else:
-            raise TypeError("Unknown gate {}".format(str(g)))
+            raise TypeError("Unknown gate {}. Maybe simplify the gates with circuit.to_basic_gates()?".format(str(g)))