text: 'use strict';
  
  const MODULE_REQUIRE = 1
      /* built-in */
      
      /* NPM */
      
      /* in-package */
      ;
  
  function absorb(a, b) {
      if (b == null || typeof b == 'undefined') b = [];
      else if (!(b instanceof Array)) b = [ b ];
  
      a.push.apply(a, b);
      return a.length;
  }
  
  module.exports = absorb;