[Vala] Initializing an HashTable in Vala

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail 3v1n0 net>]

Is it possible to do something like this [1] in VALA?
I'd like to init an hashtable in a similar way used for arrays... Any
other tip for doing this?

Thanks.

[1] http://forums.devshed.com/showpost.php?p=2197973&postcount=4