@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...);
}