@function __escape-string-char($char) {
  @return "\\#{__const("string-escapes " $char)}";
}

@function __escape-html-char($char) {
  $escaped-char: __const("html-escapes" $char);

  @return if($escaped-char, $escaped-char, $char);
}

@function __escape($string) {
  $string: __base-to-string($string);

  @each $unescaped, $escaped in __const("html-escapes") {
    $string: __string-replace($string, $unescaped, $escaped);
  }

  @return $string;
}

/// Converts the characters "&", "<", ">", '"', "'", and '`', in `$string` to
/// their corresponding HTML entities.
/// **Note:** No other characters are escaped.
///
///
/// @access public
/// @group String
/// @param {string} $string [''] - The string to escape.
/// @returns {string} Returns the escaped string.
/// @example scss
/// $foo: _escape('fred, barney, & pebbles');
/// // => 'fred, barney, &amp; pebbles'

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