Add support for parameterized gates to the Target C API #14832
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This commit expands the QkTarget API to support taking parameterized gates that accept any angle value. Previously, this was not possible because representing these gates internally in the target depended on Python. That restriction has been removed with Qiskit#14799 and we can now expose this functionality to C. This is a necessary component for being able to build targets for current devices since they all typically expose at least one gate that takes an arbitrary angle. Fixes Qiskit#14704
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Summary
This commit expands the QkTarget API to support taking parameterized
gates that accept any angle value. Previously, this was not possible
because representing these gates internally in the target depended on
Python. That restriction has been removed with #14799 and we can now
expose this functionality to C. This is a necessary component for being
able to build targets for current devices since they all typically
expose at least one gate that takes an arbitrary angle.
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Fixes #14704
This commit is based on #14799 and will need to be rebased when that merges. In the meantime you can look at the HEAD commit on the PR branch to see the contents of just this PR: 00d71df#14799 has merged and this has been rebased now.