Why can't I make a vector of references?

Question

When I do this:

std::vector hello;

Everything works great. However, when I make it a vector of references instead:

Answer 1

By their very nature, references can only be set at the time they are created; i.e., the following two lines have very different effects:

int & A = B;   // makes A an alias for B
A = C;         // assigns value of C to B.

Futher, this is illegal:

int & D;       // must be set to a int variable.

However, when you create a vector, there is no way to assign values to it's items at creation. You are essentially just making a whole bunch of the last example.