Fix #1383: replace some noninclusive terms in various files

.pylintrc

@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ allowed-redefined-builtins=
 callbacks=cb_,
           _cb
 
-# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expected to
+# A regular expression matching the name of placeholder variables (i.e. expected to
 # not be used).
 dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
 

dev_tools/requirements/create-env-files.sh

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cd "${repo_dir}"
 
 mkdir -p dev_tools/requirements/envs dev_tools/requirements/max_compat
 
-# ~~~~ Generate normal requirements files ~~~~
+# ~~~~ Generate basic requirements files ~~~~
 
 uv pip compile "$@" \
     -o dev_tools/requirements/envs/dev.env.txt \

docs/tutorials/binary_code_transforms.ipynb

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     "## Symbolic binary functions\n",
     "\n",
     "The non-linear binary functions for the components of the decoder are here modeled by the $\\text{BinaryPolynomial}$ class in openfermion.ops.\n",
-    "For initialization we can conveniently use strings ('w0 w1 + w1 +1' for the binary function $\\boldsymbol{\\omega} \\to \\omega_0 \\omega_1 + \\omega_1 + 1 \\;\\text{mod 2}$), the native data structure or symbolic addition and multiplication."
+    "For initialization we can conveniently use strings ('w0 w1 + w1 +1' for the binary function $\\boldsymbol{\\omega} \\to \\omega_0 \\omega_1 + \\omega_1 + 1 \\;\\text{mod 2}$), the built-in data structure or symbolic addition and multiplication."
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     "print(BinaryPolynomial('w0') * BinaryPolynomial('w1 + 1') + BinaryPolynomial('1'))\n",
     "print(BinaryPolynomial([(1, 0), (1, ), ('one', )]))\n",
     "\n",
-    "print('The native data type structure can be seen here:')\n",
+    "print('The built-in data type structure can be seen here:')\n",
     "print(binary_1.terms)\n",
     "print('We can always evaluate the expression for instance by the vector (w0, w1, w2) = (1, 0, 0):',\n",
     "      binary_1.evaluate('100'))"

docs/tutorials/circuits_1_basis_change.ipynb

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
     "id": "e524a8c4bf7b"
    },
    "source": [
-    "Thus, we see that the circuit correctly effects the intended evolution. We can now use Cirq's compiler to output the circuit using gates native to near-term devices, and then optimize those circuits. We'll output in QASM 2.0 just to demonstrate that functionality."
+    "Thus, we see that the circuit correctly effects the intended evolution. We can now use Cirq's compiler to output the circuit using gates built-in to near-term devices, and then optimize those circuits. We'll output in QASM 2.0 just to demonstrate that functionality."
    ]
   },
   {

rtd_docs/conf.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #
 source_suffix = {'.rst': 'restructuredtext', '.md': 'markdown'}
 
-# The master toctree document.
+# The main toctree document.
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation

src/openfermion/chem/molecular_data_test.py

@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ def test_save_load(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.molecule.n_atoms, n_atoms + 1)
         self.molecule.load()
         self.assertEqual(self.molecule.n_atoms, n_atoms)
-        dummy_data = self.molecule.get_from_file("dummy_entry")
-        self.assertTrue(dummy_data is None)
+        placeholder_data = self.molecule.get_from_file("placeholder_entry")
+        self.assertTrue(placeholder_data is None)
 
-    def test_dummy_save(self):
+    def test_placeholder_save(self):
         # Make fake molecule.
-        filename = os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'dummy_molecule')
+        filename = os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'placeholder_molecule')
         geometry = [('H', (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)), ('H', (0.0, 0.0, 0.7414))]
         basis = '6-31g*'
         multiplicity = 7

src/openfermion/circuits/primitives/swap_network.py

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def swap_network(
             representing either qubits or fermionic modes, and p_qubit and
             q_qubit are the qubits which are currently storing those modes.
         fermionic: If True, use fermionic swaps under the JWT (that is, swap
-            fermionic modes instead of qubits). If False, use normal qubit
+            fermionic modes instead of qubits). If False, use ordinary qubit
             swaps.
         offset: If True, then qubit 0 will participate in odd-numbered layers
             instead of even-numbered layers.

src/openfermion/measurements/fermion_partitioning.py

@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@ def pair_within_simultaneously(labels: list[T]) -> Generator[Pairing[T], None, N
 
     for partition in _gen_partitions(labels):
         generator_list = [_loop_iterator(pair_within, partition[j]) for j in range(len(partition))]
-        for dummy1 in range(len(partition[-2]) - 1 + len(partition[-2]) % 2):
+        for _unused1 in range(len(partition[-2]) - 1 + len(partition[-2]) % 2):
             pairing: Pairing[T] = ()
             for generator in generator_list[::2]:
                 pairing = pairing + next(generator)[0]
-            for dummy2 in range(len(partition[-1]) - 1 + len(partition[-1]) % 2):
+            for _unused2 in range(len(partition[-1]) - 1 + len(partition[-1]) % 2):
                 pairing2 = tuple(pairing)
                 for generator in generator_list[1::2]:
                     pairing2 = pairing2 + next(generator)[0]

src/openfermion/ops/operators/binary_polynomial.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class BinaryPolynomial:
 
     For initialization, the preferred data types is either a string of the
     multinomial, where each variable and constant is to be well separated by
-    a whitespace, or in its native form of tuples,
+    a whitespace, or in its built-in form of tuples,
     1 + w1 w2 + w0 w1 is represented as [(_SYMBOLIC_ONE,),(1,2),(0,1)]
 
     After initialization,BinaryPolynomial terms can be manipulated with the