@function __base-difference($list, $values) {
  $result: ();

  @each $item in $list {
    @if not index($values, $item) {
      $result: append($result, $item);
    }
  }

  @return $result;
}

@function __difference($arguments...) {
  $index: 1;
  $length: length($arguments);
  $value: null;

  $break: false;
  @while ($index <= $length and not $break) {
    $value: nth($arguments, $index);

    @if __is-list-like($value) {
      $break: true;
    } @else {
      $index: $index + 1;
    }
  }

  $values: __base-flatten($arguments, false, true, $index + 1);

  @return __base-difference($value, $values);
}

/// Creates a list excluding all values of the provided lists.
///
///
/// @access public
/// @group List
/// @param {List} $list The list to inspect.
/// @param {List...} $values... The lists of values to exclude.
/// @returns {List} Returns the new list of filtered values.
/// @example scss
/// $foo: _difference((1, 2, 3), (4, 2));
/// // => (1, 3)

@function _difference($args...) {
  @return call(get-function("__difference"), $args...);
}