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But ... by extracting (splicing) an element from the array, there are now less items in it, than there were when you queried it (my $amtInQ = $queue->pending();), and so when you get towards the end of your loop, there are no ith items left to peek(). It is the very fact that you are using array semantics on the queue that creates the problem.

Ah cant believe i missed that one. So obvious, thank you.