I' writing a program that seems to die when it comes accross the following convulated code: 
sub handle_direntries{
    unless ($_[$#_] eq 1){
        handle_direntries(handle_direntries_params(@_));
    }
    else{ 
        my $count = 0;
        my $treeref = \%::treehash; # reference to a hash
        while ($count != $#::path){
            $treeref = \$treeref->{$::path[$count]};
            $count++;
            next if $count == $#::path;
            unless (defined($treeref->{$::path[$count]})) {
                $treeref->{$::path[$count]} = {"$::DirLabel" => $::pat
+h[$count]}
            }
        }
        $count = 0;
        while ($count != $#::direntries){
        $treeref -> {$::path[$count]}{$::direntry[$count]} = "$::FileL
+abel" unless $treeref -> {$::path[$count]}{$::direntry[$count]} = "$:
+:DirLabel";
        } 
    }
}

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where it simply seems to reiterate constantly complaining about an uninitialised value at the last line..

any clues? I've been working hard on the program and I feel this is nearly working at a basic state, however this seems to stump me.
to be honest I'm probably all coded out for today

*collapses*

In reply to uninitialised value in hash reference by Maze

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