@function __base-to-string($value) {
  @if __is-string($value) {
    @return $value;
  }

  @return if($value == null, "", $value + "");
}

@function __to-string($value, $args...) {
  @if __is-string($value) {
    @return $value;
  }

  @if $value == null {
    @return "";
  }

  @return inspect($value);
}

/// Converts `$value` to a string.
///
/// @access public
/// @group Lang
/// @param {*} $value The value to convert.
/// @returns {String} Returns the converted string.
/// @example scss
/// $foo: _to-string(123);
/// // => '123'

@function _to-string($args...) {
  @return call(get-function("__to-string"), $args...);
}