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# Problems with tilde expansion of keys and values in bash-5.2

HOME=/homes/cj

declare -A aa=([key]=~/Desktop) 
declare -p aa
unset aa

declare -A aa
aa=([key]=~/Desktop) 
declare -p aa
unset aa

declare -A aa=([key]=~/Desktop [k2]=~/Library )
declare -p aa
unset aa

declare -A aa=([~/key]=~/Desktop) 
declare -p aa
unset aa

declare -A aa
aa=([~/key]=~/Desktop) 
aa[~/Documents]=~/Library
declare -p aa
unset aa

declare -A aa
aa=([~/key]=~/Desktop:~/Documents:~/Applications) 
aa[~/Documents]=~/Library
declare -p aa
unset aa

declare -A aa=([~/key]=~/Desktop:~/Documents:~/Applications [~/Documents]=~/Library)
declare -p aa