Create a way to encode general functions #15962

Job	Run time
Build protos	5s
Coverage check	6s
Doc test	4s
Changed files test	17s
Format check	4s
Isolated pytest Ubuntu	3s
Lint check	5s
Pytest MacOS (3.10)	1s
Type check	17s
Notebook formatting	12s
Notebook Tests against PR	17s
Pytest MacOS (3.11)	1s
Pytest MacOS (3.12)	2s
Changed Notebooks Isolated Test against Cirq stable (partition-0)	4s
Check consistency of requirements	4s
Changed Notebooks Isolated Test against Cirq stable (partition-1)	2s
Packaging test	3s
Pytest Ubuntu (3.10)	6s
Changed Notebooks Isolated Test against Cirq stable (partition-2)	4s
Pytest Ubuntu (3.11)	1s
Changed Notebooks Isolated Test against Cirq stable (partition-3)	2s
Pytest Ubuntu with NumPy-2 (3.10)	3s
Pytest Ubuntu (3.12)	3s
Pytest Ubuntu with NumPy-2 (3.11)	4s
Pytest Ubuntu with NumPy-2 (3.12)	1s
Misc check	2s
Shell check	3s
Typescript tests coverage	3s
Typescript lint check	2s
Typescript tests	2s
Bundle file consistency	3s
Pytest Windows (3.10)	1s
Pytest Windows (3.11)	1s
Pytest Windows (3.12)	1s
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