this._allowRelativePaths
                ? RETURN_FALSE
                : throwError
        )

        return this._t(path, cache, checkUnignored, slices)
    }

    _t (path, cache, checkUnignored, slices) {
        if (path in cache) {
            return cache[path]
        }

        if (!slices) {
            // path/to/a.js
            // ['path', 'to', 'a.js']