Scheme has set-car! and set-cdr!, but no set-cons! .
Are expressions such as
(set! c (cons 3 c))
which places the element 3 on the list c, the proper/only/best/usual way to modify a list?
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That is the correct way to modify the list c. But such usage is rare. Perhaps you could tell us more about what you are trying to do.