@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...);
}