[bug] In-place Circuit Mutation #771
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Purpose of PR
This is a common pitfall in Qiskit development. Because QuantumCircuit objects are passed by reference in Python, methods like measure_all() or save_statevector() modify the original object, which can break iterative workflows (like Variational Quantum Eigensolvers or Trotterization) where the same base circuit is reused.
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Closes #770
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