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  • Perl
my %x = ( 
    name => 'Roboticus',
    'foo bar' => 'joe'
);

The '=>' operator autoquotes the word on its left if it begins with a letter or underscore and is composed only of letters, digits and underscores. Otherwise quotes are required.
with Ada.Containers.Indefinite_Hashed_Maps;
with Ada.Strings.Hash;

use Ada.Containers;
declare
   package Maps is new Indefinite_Hashed_Maps (Key_Type => String,
                                               Element_Type => Integer,
                                               Hash => Ada.Strings.Hash,
                                               Equivalent_Keys => "=");
      
   use Maps;
      
   X : Map := Empty_Map;
begin
   X.Insert ("One", 1);
   X.Insert ("Two", 2);
   X.Insert ("Three", 3);
end;

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