create = () => {
			if (!asArray(options).every(webpackOptionsSchemaCheck)) {
				getValidateSchema()(webpackOptionsSchema, options);
				util.deprecate(
					() => {},
					"webpack bug: Pre-compiled schema reports error while real schema is happy. This has performance drawbacks.",
					"DEP_WEBPACK_PRE_COMPILED_SCHEMA_INVALID"
				)();
			}
			/** @type {MultiCompiler|Compiler} */
			let compiler;
			/** @type {boolean | undefined} */
			let watch = false;
			/** @type {WatchOptions|WatchOptions[]} */
			let watchOptions;
			if (Array.isArray(options)) {
				/** @type {MultiCompiler} */
				compiler = createMultiCompiler(
					options,
					/** @type {MultiCompilerOptions} */ (options)
				);
				watch = options.some(options => options.watch);
				watchOptions = options.map(options => options.watchOptions || {});
			} else {
				const webpackOptions = /** @type {WebpackOptions} */ (options);
				/** @type {Compiler} */
				compiler = createCompiler(webpackOptions);
				watch = webpackOptions.watch;
				watchOptions = webpackOptions.watchOptions || {};
			}
			return { compiler, watch, watchOptions };
		}
@param {WebpackOptions | (ReadonlyArray<WebpackOptions> & MultiCompilerOptions)} options options
@param {Callback<Stats> & Callback<MultiStats>=} callback callback
@returns {Compiler | MultiCompiler | null} Compiler or MultiCompiler