Just a hunch, not tested - how about trying an array reference?

return [ map { $_ = url($_, $base)->abs; } @sublinks ];
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UPDATE: Abigail has you covered, and grinder explained the same answer in the ChatterBox. But i still recommend that you return a reference to the array instead, especially if you are immediately pushing it to another array.

Jeff

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