in algebird-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/algebird/immutable/BitSet.scala [628:655]
def intersects(rhs: BitSet): Boolean =
if (height > rhs.height) {
if (rhs.offset < offset || limit <= rhs.offset) {
false
} else {
// this branch contains rhs, so find its index
val i = index(rhs.offset)
val c0 = children(i)
if (c0 != null) c0.intersects(rhs) else false
}
} else if (height < rhs.height) {
// use commuativity to handle this in previous case
rhs.intersects(this)
} else if (offset != rhs.offset) {
// same height, but non-overlapping
false
} else {
// height == rhs.height, so we know rhs is a Branch.
val Branch(_, _, rcs) = rhs
var i = 0
while (i < 32) {
val x = children(i)
val y = rcs(i)
if (x != null && y != null && (x.intersects(y))) return true
i += 1
}
false
}