--- Modules/zlibmodule.c        22 Apr 2009 08:54:19 -0000      1.1.1.1
+++ Modules/zlibmodule.c        7 May 2010 07:57:03 -0000
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@
 static PyObject *
 PyZlib_objcompress(compobject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    int err, inplen, length = DEFAULTALLOC;
+    int err, inplen;
+    Py_ssize_t length = DEFAULTALLOC;
     PyObject *RetVal;
     Byte *input;
     unsigned long start_total_out;
@@ -461,7 +462,8 @@
 static PyObject *
 PyZlib_objdecompress(compobject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    int err, inplen, old_length, length = DEFAULTALLOC;
+    int err, inplen;
+    Py_ssize_t old_length, length = DEFAULTALLOC;
     int max_length = 0;
     PyObject *RetVal;
     Byte *input;