_open open fopen FileOpen OpenFile StandardFileOpen
and not a single OpenEx in the lot.
...and absolutely no indication of which one follows on from the other.
Typically Ex() is followed by Ex2() then Ex3() or whatever. If you don't like Ex(), fine, choose another extension. But the key thing is if you extending an API you don't think up an unrelated function name.
OpenFile/StandardFileOpen - how would you guess they are related? Even the two common words are in reverse order.
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