对于那些想要在c++ 11中为任何无符号整数类型作为consexpr函数的人(tacklelib/include/tacklelib/utility/math.hpp):

#include <stdint.h>
#include <limits>
#include <type_traits>

const constexpr uint32_t uint32_max = (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)();

namespace detail
{
    template <typename T>
    inline constexpr T _count_bits_0(const T & v)
    {
        return v - ((v >> 1) & 0x55555555);
    }

    template <typename T>
    inline constexpr T _count_bits_1(const T & v)
    {
        return (v & 0x33333333) + ((v >> 2) & 0x33333333);
    }

    template <typename T>
    inline constexpr T _count_bits_2(const T & v)
    {
        return (v + (v >> 4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F;
    }

    template <typename T>
    inline constexpr T _count_bits_3(const T & v)
    {
        return v + (v >> 8);
    }

    template <typename T>
    inline constexpr T _count_bits_4(const T & v)
    {
        return v + (v >> 16);
    }

    template <typename T>
    inline constexpr T _count_bits_5(const T & v)
    {
        return v & 0x0000003F;
    }

    template <typename T, bool greater_than_uint32>
    struct _impl
    {
        static inline constexpr T _count_bits_with_shift(const T & v)
        {
            return
                detail::_count_bits_5(
                    detail::_count_bits_4(
                        detail::_count_bits_3(
                            detail::_count_bits_2(
                                detail::_count_bits_1(
                                    detail::_count_bits_0(v)))))) + count_bits(v >> 32);
        }
    };

    template <typename T>
    struct _impl<T, false>
    {
        static inline constexpr T _count_bits_with_shift(const T & v)
        {
            return 0;
        }
    };
}

template <typename T>
inline constexpr T count_bits(const T & v)
{
    static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "type T must be an integer");
    static_assert(!std::is_signed<T>::value, "type T must be not signed");

    return uint32_max >= v ?
        detail::_count_bits_5(
            detail::_count_bits_4(
                detail::_count_bits_3(
                    detail::_count_bits_2(
                        detail::_count_bits_1(
                            detail::_count_bits_0(v)))))) :
        detail::_impl<T, sizeof(uint32_t) < sizeof(v)>::_count_bits_with_shift(v);
}

谷歌测试库中的附加测试:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>

namespace {
    template <typename T>
    inline uint32_t _test_count_bits(const T & v)
    {
        uint32_t count = 0;
        T n = v;
        while (n > 0) {
            if (n % 2) {
                count += 1;
            }
            n /= 2;
        }
        return count;
    }
}

TEST(FunctionsTest, random_count_bits_uint32_100K)
{
    srand(uint_t(time(NULL)));
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
        const uint32_t r = uint32_t(rand()) + (uint32_t(rand()) << 16);
        ASSERT_EQ(_test_count_bits(r), count_bits(r));
    }
}

TEST(FunctionsTest, random_count_bits_uint64_100K)
{
    srand(uint_t(time(NULL)));
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
        const uint64_t r = uint64_t(rand()) + (uint64_t(rand()) << 16) + (uint64_t(rand()) << 32) + (uint64_t(rand()) << 48);
        ASSERT_EQ(_test_count_bits(r), count_bits(r));
    }
}

摘自《黑客的喜悦》第66页，图5-2

int pop(unsigned x)
{
    x = x - ((x >> 1) & 0x55555555);
    x = (x & 0x33333333) + ((x >> 2) & 0x33333333);
    x = (x + (x >> 4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F;
    x = x + (x >> 8);
    x = x + (x >> 16);
    return x & 0x0000003F;
}

执行大约20条指令(依赖于arch)，没有分支。黑客的喜悦是令人愉快的!强烈推荐。

对于232查找表和逐个遍历每个位之间的折中方法:

int bitcount(unsigned int num){
    int count = 0;
    static int nibblebits[] =
        {0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4};
    for(; num != 0; num >>= 4)
        count += nibblebits[num & 0x0f];
    return count;
}

从http://ctips.pbwiki.com/CountBits

// How about the following:
public int CountBits(int value)
{
    int count = 0;
    while (value > 0)
    {
        if (value & 1)
            count++;
        value <<= 1;
    }
    return count;
}

在我看来，“最好”的解决方案是另一个程序员(或者两年后的原始程序员)可以阅读而不需要大量注释的解决方案。你可能想要最快或最聪明的解决方案，有些人已经提供了，但我更喜欢可读性而不是聪明。

unsigned int bitCount (unsigned int value) {
    unsigned int count = 0;
    while (value > 0) {           // until all bits are zero
        if ((value & 1) == 1)     // check lower bit
            count++;
        value >>= 1;              // shift bits, removing lower bit
    }
    return count;
}

如果你想要更快的速度(并且假设你很好地记录了它，以帮助你的继任者)，你可以使用表格查找:

// Lookup table for fast calculation of bits set in 8-bit unsigned char.

static unsigned char oneBitsInUChar[] = {
//  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F (<- n)
//  =====================================================
    0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, // 0n
    1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, // 1n
    : : :
    4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 8, // Fn
};

// Function for fast calculation of bits set in 16-bit unsigned short.

unsigned char oneBitsInUShort (unsigned short x) {
    return oneBitsInUChar [x >>    8]
         + oneBitsInUChar [x &  0xff];
}

// Function for fast calculation of bits set in 32-bit unsigned int.

unsigned char oneBitsInUInt (unsigned int x) {
    return oneBitsInUShort (x >>     16)
         + oneBitsInUShort (x &  0xffff);
}

这些依赖于特定的数据类型大小，所以它们不是那么可移植的。但是，由于许多性能优化是不可移植的，这可能不是一个问题。如果您想要可移植性，我会坚持使用可读的解决方案。

#!/user/local/bin/perl


    $c=0x11BBBBAB;
     $count=0;
     $m=0x00000001;
    for($i=0;$i<32;$i++)
    {
        $f=$c & $m;
        if($f == 1)
        {
            $count++;
        }
        $c=$c >> 1;
    }
    printf("%d",$count);

ive done it through a perl script. the number taken is $c=0x11BBBBAB   
B=3 1s   
A=2 1s   
so in total  
1+1+3+3+3+2+3+3=19