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