Thread: Vector of references

I think my understanding of references is incomplete. I would like to create a vector of references to a type, the purpose being to gain the benefits of a vector without having to copy each element or use pointers. Why is it not possible to create a vector of references? (I tried with Borland 5.5.1 on Win32 and got a slew of errors referring to "Cannot define a pointer or reference to a reference in int main()").

My code:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

class MyTest {

	public:
	MyTest() {
		cout << "Creating a new MyTest object!" << endl;
	}
	MyTest( const MyTest& ) {
		cout << "Creating a new MyTest object!" << endl;
	}

};

int main() {

	MyTest a;
	MyTest b;

	vector< MyTest& > baz;
	baz.push_back( a );
	baz.push_back( b );

}