tests/assoc3.sub

   1 foo()
   2 {
   3         declare -A afoo=([six]="six" [foo bar]="foo quux")
   4
   5         declare -A
   6         recho inside: "${afoo[@]}"
   7 }
   8
   9 declare -A afoo=([main]=outside)
  10 echo outside: "${afoo[@]}"
  11
  12 foo
  13
  14 echo outside 2: "${afoo[@]}"
  15