Keywords

Keywords constitute identifiers reserved by the language parser. As such, they have a specific predefined meaning and cannot be overwritten or used as a general identifier, e.g., as the name of the (qu)bit register.

The table below lists the reserved keywords in cQASM:

Keyword	Use
version	Version statement
qubit	Qubit type
bit	Bit type
init	Init instruction
reset	Reset instruction
measure	Measure instruction
wait	Wait control instruction
barrier	Barrier control instruction
ctrl	Control gate modifier
inv	Inverse gate modifier
pow	Power gate modifier
asm	Assembly declaration