s="number">2</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
          If you assign to a bare C++ reference, the assignment is forwarded to the
          referenced object; its value changes but the reference is never rebound.
        </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="ide