Deprecate BackendData.is_simulator #1390
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No code in qiskit-experiments depends on `is_simulator` already and `BackendV2` does not provide a standard way to check if a backend uses a simulator. The code currently tries checking if a backend is a subclass of some known fake backend classes from qiskit and qiskit-ibm-runtime, but this code is awkward and seems to be doing something awkward for little benefit.
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This PR is a follow up to #1384 (comment). |
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I am not sure if it was ever used. It might have just been added because |
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No code in qiskit-experiments depends on
is_simulatoralready andBackendV2does not provide a standard way to check if a backend uses a simulator. The code currently tries checking if a backend is a subclass of some known fake backend classes from qiskit and qiskit-ibm-runtime, but this code is awkward and seems to be doing something awkward for little benefit.