1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/generic/tclUtf.c b/generic/tclUtf.c
index 6153a92..659d358 100644
--- a/generic/tclUtf.c
+++ b/generic/tclUtf.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ Tcl_UtfBackslash(
 				 * backslash sequence. */
 {
 #define LINE_LENGTH 128
-    int numRead;
+    size_t numRead;
     int result;
 
     result = TclParseBackslash(src, LINE_LENGTH, &numRead, dst);