typeset -A a=( [\\]= [\"]= [\)]= ) b
for x in "${!a[@]}"; do b[$x]=; done
b+=([\`]= [\]]=)
typeset -p b
for x in "${!a[@]}"; do
  unset -v 'b[$x]'
done
typeset -p b

unset -v a b

loaddict()
{
    dict['"']=1
    dict['`']=2
    dict["'"]=3
    dict['\']=4
    declare -p dict
}

del()
{
	unset -v dict["$1"];
}

declare -A dict
loaddict
for k in "${!dict[@]}"; do del "$k"; done 
declare -p dict

unset 'dict[@]'

shopt -s assoc_expand_once
declare -A dict
loaddict
for k in "${!dict[@]}"; do del "$k"; done 
declare -p dict

unset a b dict

typeset -A a
b="80's"

((++a[$b]))

((++a["$b"]))
[[ $((++a[$b])) ]]
[[ $((++a["$b"])) ]]
echo ${a["$b"]}
echo ${a[$b]}

let "++a[$b]"

echo 'a[$b]=' "${a[$b]}"

unset a b

declare -A a
b="80's"

: ${a[$b]:='Depeche Mode'}

declare -p a

unset a b
shopt -u assoc_expand_once

typeset -A a
b="80's"

read a[$b] <<<"Depeche Mode"
typeset -p a

shopt -s assoc_expand_once
read a[$b] <<<"Depeche Mode"
typeset -p a

unset a
shopt -u assoc_expand_once

typeset -A a

printf -v a[$b] "%s" "Depeche Mode"
typeset -p a

shopt -s assoc_expand_once

printf -v a[$b] "%s" "Depeche Mode"
typeset -p a

unset a

declare -A a
x='$(date >&2)'
a[$x]=5

shopt -s assoc_expand_once
echo $((1+a[$x]))
echo $((1+a[\$x]))
echo "1+${a[$x]}"

declare -p a

shopt -s assoc_expand_once
declare -A myarray

declare myarray["foo[bar"]=bleh
myarray["foo"]=bleh

declare -p myarray