wx.NET Image class

Hello,

I am writing regarding the wxImage class and the unsigned char*
GetData, and unsigned char*  GetAlpha methods.  I am currently
considering modifying wx.NET to include those methods which will be
vital to my being able to modify an image in wx without incurring
performance penalties calling SetRGB and GetRGB repeatedly.  But
before I go that route I have a couple questions.

1 can you see any reason that exposing the byte arrays directly would
be a problem?
2 If I make those modifications, could they be made and merged into
the main distribution so that I am not running a custom build which
would force me to patch again if there are ever updates to the
libraries?
3 If those changes are not included into the main source, am I
required to distribute the source code of my modified copy of the
library?

Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Dan

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