parameter p doesn't seem like it is used in the get_qaoa_labs_objective function

[shreehari117]

The get_qaoa_labs_objective function takes N and p, along with other parameters. The get_qaoa_labs_objective calls get_qaoa_objective, where p does not seem like it is used.

[jhnnsjkbk]

Hey! I stumbled across the same thing. p is never used. However, p is indirectly set by the length of e.g., theta such as here:

QOKit/qokit/parameter_utils.py

Line 125 in af4d306

p = int(len(theta) / 2)

. It's quite uncommon and looks a bit hacky to me, but I might miss something. Hope this helps. Essentially, you would want to not set p but the length of e.g. theta.