Steven Schveighoffer: > Ha ha! jicman liked my idea better. Jealous much? > j/k, I like your solution better :) Try this: import std.stdio; void main() { int[int] a = [10:20, 30:40]; auto b = a; writefln(a, " ", b); a = null; writefln(a, " ", b); } It outputs: [10:20,30:40] [10:20,30:40] [] [10:20,30:40] Bye, bearophile