in reply to Re^2: [meta::cpan] Dependency vs Reverse Dependency
in thread [meta::cpan] Dependency vs Reverse Dependency

I don't know the definiton, but the implementation seems to be here.
map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

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