}
        return this.dialect;
    }


    /**
     * 
     * @param v
     * @return whether this version is a least the given one
     */
    public boolean atLeast ( DialectVersion v ) {
        return ordinal() >= v.ordinal();
    }


    /**
     * 
     * @param v
     * @return whether this version is a most the given one
     */