diff --git a/Lib/test/list_tests.py b/Lib/test/list_tests.py
--- a/Lib/test/list_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/list_tests.py
@@ -519,6 +519,9 @@
         a = self.type2test(range(10))
         a[::2] = tuple(range(5))
         self.assertEqual(a, self.type2test([0, 1, 1, 3, 2, 5, 3, 7, 4, 9]))
+        # test issue7788
+        a = self.type2test(range(10))
+        del a[9::1<<333]
 
     def test_constructor_exception_handling(self):
         # Bug #1242657
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_array.py b/Lib/test/test_array.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_array.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_array.py
@@ -882,6 +882,9 @@
         a = array.array(self.typecode, range(10))
         del a[::1000]
         self.assertEqual(a, array.array(self.typecode, [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]))
+        # test issue7788
+        a = array.array(self.typecode, range(10))
+        del a[9::1<<333]
 
     def test_assignment(self):
         a = array.array(self.typecode, range(10))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(b, bytearray([0, 1, 2, 42, 42, 42, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]))
 
     def test_extended_set_del_slice(self):
-        indices = (0, None, 1, 3, 19, 300, -1, -2, -31, -300)
+        indices = (0, None, 1, 3, 19, 300, 1<<333, -1, -2, -31, -300)
         for start in indices:
             for stop in indices:
                 # Skip invalid step 0
diff --git a/Modules/arraymodule.c b/Modules/arraymodule.c
--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c
@@ -1792,7 +1792,8 @@
 	}
 	else if (needed == 0) {
 		/* Delete slice */
-		Py_ssize_t cur, i;
+		size_t cur;
+		Py_ssize_t i;
 		
 		if (step < 0) {
 			stop = start + 1;
diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@
     else {
         if (needed == 0) {
             /* Delete slice */
-            Py_ssize_t cur, i;
+            size_t cur;
+            Py_ssize_t i;
 
             if (!_canresize(self))
                 return -1;
diff --git a/Objects/listobject.c b/Objects/listobject.c
--- a/Objects/listobject.c
+++ b/Objects/listobject.c
@@ -2624,7 +2624,8 @@
 		if (value == NULL) {
 			/* delete slice */
 			PyObject **garbage;
-			Py_ssize_t cur, i;
+			size_t cur;
+			Py_ssize_t i;
 
 			if (slicelength <= 0)
 				return 0;