# 10.5 引用的本质

**本质：引用的本质在c++内部实现是一个指针常量.**

**讲解示例：**

```
//发现是引用，转换为 int* const ref = &a;
void func(int& ref){
	ref = 100; // ref是引用，转换为*ref = 100
}
int main(){
	int a = 10;
    
    //自动转换为 int* const ref = &a; 指针常量是指针指向不可改，也说明为什么引用不可更改
	int& ref = a; 
	ref = 20; //内部发现ref是引用，自动帮我们转换为: *ref = 20;
    
	cout << "a:" << a << endl;
	cout << "ref:" << ref << endl;
    
	func(a);
	return 0;
}
```

{% hint style="info" %}
结论：C++推荐用引用技术，因为语法方便，引用本质是指针常量，但是所有的指针操作编译器都帮我们做了
{% endhint %}


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