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Change list in place : scheme/impromtu

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set-car! and set-cdr! change a list 'in-place'.

But, if you like the pointer metaphore... you could use macro's
instead of procedures...

stupidly simple example...

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  1. (define-macro (change-list lst)
  2.   `(set! ,lst (map (lambda (i) (+ i 1)) ,lst)))
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  5. (define mylist '(1 2 3 4 5))
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  8. (change-list mylist)

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