+ /* A lower bound on the number of temporary files to attempt to
+ generate. The maximum total number of temporary file names that
+ can exist for a given template is 62**6. It should never be
+ necessary to try all these combinations. Instead if a reasonable
+ number of names is tried (we define reasonable as 62**3) fail to
+ give the system administrator the chance to remove the problems. */
+ unsigned int attempts_min = 62 * 62 * 62;
+
+ /* The number of times to attempt to generate a temporary file. To
+ conform to POSIX, this must be no smaller than TMP_MAX. */
+ unsigned int attempts = attempts_min < TMP_MAX ? TMP_MAX : attempts_min;
+