Pennylane-sf

Breaking changes

* Pins package to working with PennyLane less than version 0.30.
[(134)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/134)

Breaking changes

* Remove python 3.7 support.
[(129)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/129)

Bug fixes

* Fixed a bug where `StrawberryFieldsRemote.probability` fails with newer numpy versions.
[(125)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/125)

Contributors

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Matthew Silverman, Antal Száva

Bug fixes

* Changed `DeviceSpec` to `Device` due to a breaking change in Strawberry Fields. [(102)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/102)

Contributors

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Theodor Isacsson

Improvements

* Updated how cat states are handled in the plugin. [(86)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/86)

* Switched to the latest remote API used by Strawberry Fields. [(86)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/86)

* Updated how the expectation value of the identity operator is computed as `qml.Identity` only takes a single wire. [(86)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/86)

* The GBS device uses `qml.probs` (instead of the identity) to mark basis state probability computations internally. [(84)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/84)

Contributors

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Samuel Banning, Antal Száva

Improvements

* Changed the name of `qml.Interferometer` to `qml.InterferometerUnitary` due to a breaking change in PennyLane. [(77)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/77)

Contributors

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Romain Moyard

Improvements

* Adds support for Python 3.9. [(71)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/71)

Bug fixes

* Replaced left-over references to the deprecated `analytic` attribute with `shots`. [(68)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-sf/pull/68)

Contributors

This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Olivia Di Matteo, Romain Moyard