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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions qiskit/providers/options.py
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Expand Up @@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ def __setstate__(self, state):
super().__setattr__("_fields", _fields)
super().__setattr__("validator", validator)

def __copy__(self):
"""Return a copy of the Options.

The returned option and validator values are shallow copies of the originals.
"""
out = self.__new__(type(self))
out.__setstate__((self._fields.copy(), self.validator.copy()))
return out

def __init__(self, **kwargs):
super().__setattr__("_fields", kwargs)
super().__setattr__("validator", {})
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions test/python/providers/test_options.py
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Expand Up @@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ def test_hasattr(self):
self.assertTrue(hasattr(options, "shots"))
self.assertFalse(hasattr(options, "method"))

def test_copy(self):
options = Options(opt1=1, opt2=2)
cpy = copy.copy(options)
cpy.update_options(opt1=10, opt3=20)
self.assertEqual(options.opt1, 1)
self.assertEqual(options.opt2, 2)
self.assertNotIn("opt3", options)
self.assertEqual(cpy.opt1, 10)
self.assertEqual(cpy.opt2, 2)
self.assertEqual(cpy.opt3, 20)


class TestOptionsSimpleNamespaceBackwardCompatibility(QiskitTestCase):
"""Tests that SimpleNamespace-like functionality that qiskit-experiments relies on for Options
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