[racket] Why the value of a literal expression can be changed?

From: ZhengLingyun (konghuarukhr at 163.com)
Date: Wed Mar 12 04:29:32 EDT 2014

Hi,


R5RS "4.1.2 Literal expressions" says:
As noted in section 3.4, it is an error to alter a constant (i.e. the value of a literal expression)
using a mutation procedure like set-car! or string-set!.


I test the expression (set-car! '(1 2 3) 4) is ok in several implementations include DrScheme.
I think '(1 2 3) here is a literal expression, why it can be changed? 


Thanks
Dustin Zheng
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