Re: [PATCH] tempname: new try_tempname function

[Paul Eggert]

Andreas Grünbacher wrote:
> Well, try_file() passes the flags on to open() for gen_tempfile's
> GT_FILE mode.

Ah, sorry, I missed that.

> For some uses (like mine), a create mode parameter wouldn't hurt, either.

Then I suggest just passing a generic (void const *) argument to the TRY 
function.  That way, each function can pass whatever extra info it likes, by 
packaging data up in a struct and passing the struct's address to 
__gen_tempname.  __gen_tempname's existing FLAGS argument would be one of the 
things packaged up.