def METHOD_NAME(input):
    # The integer type to use for indices in the input array
    # The indices actually use byte positions and we can't just use
    # input.nbytes since that won't tell us the number of bytes between the
    # first and last elements when the array is non-contiguous
    nbytes = sum((x-1)*abs(stride) for x, stride in
                 zip(input.shape, input.strides)) + input.dtype.itemsize
    return 'int' if nbytes < (1 << 31) else 'ptrdiff_t'