[gdal-dev] GDAL formats list order

[Jorge Arévalo]

Hello, 

I read at http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GDAL20Changes that GDAL formats, when calling gdalinfo --formats, "are returned in a meaningful order - the order they are tried - which is important to know sometimes".

I see at http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/browser/tags/1.10.0/gdal/frmts/gdalallregister.cpp several calls to GDALRegister_X, in what looks like an arbitrary order to me. Seems to have "groups". Apart from that, older drivers first?

Is there any reason to choose that order?

Many thanks in advance, 

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