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Is not arithmetic shift better in countSetBits.js? #1152

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@oThinas

The file countSetBits.js has the function:

/**
 * @param {number} originalNumber
 * @return {number}
 */
export default function countSetBits(originalNumber) {
  let setBitsCount = 0;
  let number = originalNumber;

  while (number) {
    // Add last bit of the number to the sum of set bits.
    setBitsCount += number & 1;

    // Shift number right by one bit to investigate other bits.
    number >>>= 1;
  }

  return setBitsCount;
}

I wonder if it wouldn't be better to use an arithmetic shift on line number >>>= 1 instead of a logical shift, thus preserving the sign of the number.

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