I don't see where you are getting the error.
Try to make a simple example that we can all run which prints the error.

This is fine: 

package Label;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
use Time::Local;  # Load the Time::Local module


our    $DEBUG  =1;
our    $label_file = "somefile";
our    $labelsettings ="some settings";
 

my $active_modules_ref = {clouds => 1 , quakes => 1};

sub WriteoutLabel {
    print "Label line 31 - Debug: \$DEBUG is " . ($DEBUG ? "enabled" :
+ "disabled") . "\n";

    my ($active_modules_ref) = @_;

    # Skip label generation if labelsdisplay is disabled
    my $labels_display = 1;  # Default to 1 (enabled)
    return unless $labels_display;

    print "Label line 39 - Debug: Labels display is " . ($labels_displ
+ay ? "enabled" : "disabled") . "\n" if $DEBUG;

    # Debug: Check that active_modules_ref is a hash reference
    unless (ref $active_modules_ref eq 'HASH') {
        print "Label::WriteoutLabel - Received invalid active_modules_
+ref: " . (ref $active_modules_ref || 'undefined') . "\n" if $DEBUG;
        die "Error: active_modules_ref is not a HASH reference.";
    }
}

WriteoutLabel($active_modules_ref);

__END__
Label line 31 - Debug: $DEBUG is enabled
Label line 39 - Debug: Labels display is enabled

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In reply to Re: Trying to pass Hash to Module by Marshall
in thread Trying to pass Hash to Module by mcoblentz

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