bpo-29882: Add an efficient popcount method for integers (#771)

* bpo-29882: Add an efficient popcount method for integers

* Update 'sign bit' and versionadded in docs

* Add entry to whatsnew document

* Doc: use positive example, mention population count

* Minor cleanups of the core code

* Move popcount_digit closer to where it's used

* Use z instead of self after conversion

* Add 'absolute value' and 'population count' to docstring

* Fix clinic error about missing summary line

* Ensure popcount_digit is portable with 64-bit ints

Co-authored-by: Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 70 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 4ae17c9..0b209a4 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -5304,6 +5304,75 @@ int_bit_length_impl(PyObject *self)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+static int
+popcount_digit(digit d)
+{
+    /* 32bit SWAR popcount. */
+    uint32_t u = d;
+    u -= (u >> 1) & 0x55555555U;
+    u = (u & 0x33333333U) + ((u >> 2) & 0x33333333U);
+    u = (u + (u >> 4)) & 0x0f0f0f0fU;
+    return (uint32_t)(u * 0x01010101U) >> 24;
+}
+
+/*[clinic input]
+int.bit_count
+
+Number of ones in the binary representation of the absolute value of self.
+
+Also known as the population count.
+
+>>> bin(13)
+'0b1101'
+>>> (13).bit_count()
+3
+[clinic start generated code]*/
+
+static PyObject *
+int_bit_count_impl(PyObject *self)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=2e571970daf1e5c3 input=7e0adef8e8ccdf2e]*/
+{
+    assert(self != NULL);
+    assert(PyLong_Check(self));
+
+    PyLongObject *z = (PyLongObject *)self;
+    Py_ssize_t ndigits = Py_ABS(Py_SIZE(z));
+    Py_ssize_t bit_count = 0;
+
+    /* Each digit has up to PyLong_SHIFT ones, so the accumulated bit count
+       from the first PY_SSIZE_T_MAX/PyLong_SHIFT digits can't overflow a
+       Py_ssize_t. */
+    Py_ssize_t ndigits_fast = Py_MIN(ndigits, PY_SSIZE_T_MAX/PyLong_SHIFT);
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < ndigits_fast; i++) {
+        bit_count += popcount_digit(z->ob_digit[i]);
+    }
+
+    PyObject *result = PyLong_FromSsize_t(bit_count);
+    if (result == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* Use Python integers if bit_count would overflow. */
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = ndigits_fast; i < ndigits; i++) {
+        PyObject *x = PyLong_FromLong(popcount_digit(z->ob_digit[i]));
+        if (x == NULL) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+        PyObject *y = long_add((PyLongObject *)result, (PyLongObject *)x);
+        Py_DECREF(x);
+        if (y == NULL) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+        Py_DECREF(result);
+        result = y;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+
+  error:
+    Py_DECREF(result);
+    return NULL;
+}
 
 /*[clinic input]
 int.as_integer_ratio
@@ -5460,6 +5529,7 @@ static PyMethodDef long_methods[] = {
     {"conjugate",       long_long_meth, METH_NOARGS,
      "Returns self, the complex conjugate of any int."},
     INT_BIT_LENGTH_METHODDEF
+    INT_BIT_COUNT_METHODDEF
     INT_TO_BYTES_METHODDEF
     INT_FROM_BYTES_METHODDEF
     INT_AS_INTEGER_RATIO_METHODDEF