From 8b3415b924c0cf8aed170b7cc3b46d94064a1f95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mariia Mykhailova <mamykhai@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:21:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix ApplyPauliFromBitString error message (#1782)

The bits and qubits in this operation are not used as controls, so we
shouldn't refer to them as such.

(I got this error message when working on a kata, and it took me longer
than it should to figure out that it is not coming from any of the
controlled gates.)
---
 library/qs_source/src/std/canon.qs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/library/qs_source/src/std/canon.qs b/library/qs_source/src/std/canon.qs
index 2e09e8259f..727c672a0e 100644
--- a/library/qs_source/src/std/canon.qs
+++ b/library/qs_source/src/std/canon.qs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Quantum.Canon {
     /// ```
     operation ApplyPauliFromBitString(pauli : Pauli, bitApply : Bool, bits : Bool[], qubits : Qubit[]) : Unit is Adj + Ctl {
         let nBits = Length(bits);
-        Fact(nBits == Length(qubits), "Number of control bits must be equal to number of control qubits.");
+        Fact(nBits == Length(qubits), "Number of bits must be equal to number of qubits.");
         for i in 0..nBits - 1 {
             if bits[i] == bitApply {
                 ApplyP(pauli, qubits[i]);