@function __list-copy($list, $other: ()) {
    $index: 1;
    $length: length($list);
    $other-length: length($other);
    $result: ();

    @while ($index <= $length) {
        $result: append($result, nth($list, $index));

        $index: $index + 1;
    }

    @while ($other-length >= $index) {
        $result: append($result, nth($other, $index));

        $index: $index + 1;
    }

    @return $result;
}


@function __base-copy($source, $map, $props: null) {
    @if not ($props) {
        $props: $map;
        $map: ();
    }

    $index: 1;
    $length: length($props);

    @while ($index <= $length) {
        $key: nth($props, $index);
        $map: __set($map, $key, __get($source, $key));

        $index: $index + 1;
    }

    @return $map;
}


@function __base-create($constructor, $args...) {
    @if not (__function-exists($constructor)) {
        @return ();
    }

    @return __new($constructor, $args...);
}


@function __create($prototype, $properties: null, $guard: null) {
    $result: __base-create($prototype);

    @if $guard and __is-iteratee-call($prototype, $properties, $guard) {
        $properties: null;
    }

    @return if($properties, __base-copy($properties, $result, __keys($properties)), $result);
}


/// Creates a map that inherits from the given `$prototype` map. If a
/// `$properties` map is provided its own enumerable properties are assigned
/// to the created map.
///
///
/// @access public
/// @group Map
/// @param {Map} $prototype - The map to inherit from.
/// @param {Map} $properties [null] - The properties to assign to the map.
/// @returns {Map} Returns the new map.
/// @example scss
/// // todo

@function _create($args...) {
    @return call(get-function('__create'), $args...);
}