Thread: change the target of a reference

Hello everyone,


I am shamed to ask this question because I can not figure out after some experiment. I think for reference variable, once it is binded, the target can not be changed.

But why in my following sample, pi can be binded to a and later binded to b without any issues?

Code:

int main()
{
	int a = 10;
	int b = 20;
	int& pi = a;
	pi = b;
	
	return 0;
}

thanks in advance,
George