What is "deps" for?

[HomShaBom]

What is the deps parameter for in the Prefab constructor?

Prefab = Class( function(self, name, fn, assets, deps)    self.name = name or ""    self.path = name or nil    self.name = string.sub(name, string.find(name, "[^/]*$"))    self.desc = ""    self.fn = fn    self.assets = assets or {}    self.deps = deps or {}end)

I see in some prefabs it contains the names of related prefabs, but I can't tell what the purpose is. Like for the "bee" prefab, deps contains "honey" and "stinger". I know those are possible drops for killing a bee, but the lootdropper component is responsible for determining the loot, not deps. So what does deps do?

[Mobbstar]

dependencies, those prefabs are required for the new prefab to work. I have no idea what it does, though.