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Definition: Name discipline

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A quantum context is a finite set of pairwise distinct live quantum names. A unitary instruction acts on names in the context and preserves them. Allocation introduces a globally fresh name. The instruction removes from the quantum context and returns one classical basis value. Subsequent instructions may use only live quantum names. Classical computation does not introduce a quantum name.

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