Index: libxslt.c
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--- libxslt.c	(revision 1452)
+++ libxslt.c	(working copy)
@@ -667,7 +667,11 @@
     PyObject *pyobj_transformCtxt;
     const char **params = NULL;
     int len = 0, i, j;
+#ifdef HAVE_SSIZE_T
     ssize_t ppos = 0;
+#else
+    size_t ppos = 0;
+#endif
     PyObject *name;
     PyObject *value;
 
@@ -742,7 +746,11 @@
     PyObject *pyobj_params;
     const char **params = NULL;
     int len = 0, i, j, params_size;
+#ifdef HAVE_SSIZE_T
     ssize_t ppos = 0;
+#else
+    size_t ppos = 0;
+#endif
     PyObject *name;
     PyObject *value;