@function __identity($value: null, $args...) {
  @return $value;
}

/// This method returns the first argument provided to it.
///
///
/// @access public
/// @group Utility
/// @param {*} $value [null] Any value.
/// @returns {*} Returns `$value`.
/// @example scss
/// $map: ( 'user': 'fred' );
/// $foo: _identity($map) == $map;
/// // => true

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