To reproduce:
$ a=()
$ echo ${a[42]=foo}
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$ declare -p a
declare -a a=([42]="foo")
or
$ declare -A a
$ echo ${a[foo]=bar}
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$ declare -p a
declare -A a=([foo]="bar" )
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