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        if len(program) == 0:

            return None

        self._settings.hardware_averages = repetitions

        program["settings"] = self._settings.to_dict()

        if self.supports_acquisition:

            program["acq_metadata"] = {}

import copy

import logging

from abc import abstractmethod

from collections import namedtuple

from dataclasses import dataclass

from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union