Compiler Error C2464

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'identifier' : cannot use 'new' to allocate a reference

A reference identifier was allocated with the new operator. References are not memory objects, so new cannot return a pointer to them. Use the standard variable declaration syntax to declare a reference.

The following sample generates C2464:

// C2464.cpp
int main() {
   new ( int& ir );   // C2464
}