@function __flow-function($arguments...) {
    $functions: __this('functions');
    $length: __this('length');

    $index: 1;
    $result: __exec(nth($functions, $index), $arguments...);
    $index: $index + 1;

    @while ($index <= $length) {
        $result: __exec(nth($functions, $index), $result);
        $index: $index + 1;
    }

    @return $result;
}


@function __flow($arguments...) {
    $functions: $arguments;
    $length: length($functions);

    @if __is-falsey($length) {
        @return '__noop';
    }

    @if not __list-every($functions, '__function-exists') {
        @error 'FUNC_ERROR_TEXT';
    }

    $_: __scope((
        'functions': $functions,
        'length': $length
    ));
    $flow-function: __bind('__flow-function');
    $_: __scope(false);

    @return $flow-function;
}


@function __flow-right-function($arguments...) {
    $functions: __this('functions');
    $index: __this('from-index');

    $result: __exec(nth($functions, $index), $arguments...);
    $index: $index - 1;

    @while ($index > 0) {
        $result: __exec(nth($functions, $index), $result);
        $index: $index - 1;
    }

    @return $result;
}


@function __flow-right($arguments...) {
    $functions: $arguments;
    $from-index: length($functions);

    @if ($from-index < 1) {
        @return '__noop';
    }

    @if not __list-every($functions, '__function-exists') {
        @error 'FUNC_ERROR_TEXT';
    }

    $_: __scope((
        'functions': $functions,
        'from-index': $from-index
    ));
    $flow-right-function: __bind('__flow-right-function');
    $_: __scope(false);

    @return $flow-right-function;
}


/// Creates a function that returns the result of invoking the provided
/// functions with the `_this` binding of the created function, where each
/// successive invocation is supplied the return value of the previous.
///
///
/// @access public
/// @group Function
/// @param {Function...} $funcs Functions to invoke.
/// @returns {Function} Returns the new function.
/// @example scss
///     @function add($x, $y) {
///       @return $x + $y;
///     }
///     
///     @function square($n) {
///       @return $n * $n;
///     }
///     
///     $addSquare: _flow(add, square);
///
///     $foo: _exec($addSquare, 1, 2);
///     // => 9

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


/// This method is like `_flow` except that it creates a function that
/// invokes the provided functions from right to left.
///
///
/// @access public
/// @group Function
/// @param {Function...} $funcs... Functions to invoke.
/// @returns {Function} Returns the new function.
/// @example scss
///     @function add($x, $y) {
///       @return $x + $y;
///     }
///     
///     @function square($n) {
///       @return $n * $n;
///     }
///     
///     $addSquare: _flow-right(square, add);
///     $foo: _exec($addSquare, 1, 2);
///     // => 9

@function _flow-right($args...) {
    @return call(get-function('__flow-right'), $args...);
}


/// @alias _flow-right

@function _backflow($args...) {
    @return call(get-function('__flow-right'), $args...);
}


/// @alias _flow-right

@function _compose($args...) {
    @return call(get-function('__flow-right'), $args...);
}