Working with image toolkits it seems it would be easier to implement toolkits as modules, and leverage the existing module system for dynamic includes.
replacing the file_scan_directory with a module_invoke_all in image_get_available_toolkits.
updating the gd_... namespace to image_gd namespace
adding an image_check_settings function that call the toolkit specific check settings function.
This would allow people to implement custom image toolkits with customized crop and scale functions for their sites with core image.inc hacks.
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