Consider the following function:

(define (surprise! lst)
  (if (pair? lst)
      (nconc '(a b c) lst)
      lst))

What happens when this function is used?

> (surprise! '(d))
(a b c d)

> (surprise! '(e f))
(a b c d e f)

> (surprise! '(what??))
(a b c d e f what??)

Rule: Do not use constant data as the first argument of nconc.

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