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Do not use "bind" to refer to referencing and to variable binding.

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[vb]: variable-bindings.html
If you want to change what the binding points to, you’ll need a [mutable reference][mr]:
You can also create a [reference][ref] to it, using `&x`, but if you want to use the reference to change it, you will need a mutable reference:
```rust
let mut x = 5;
let y = &mut x;
```
[mr]: references-and-borrowing.html
[ref]: references-and-borrowing.html
`y` is an immutable binding to a mutable reference, which means that you can’t
bind `y` to something else (`y = &mut z`), but you can mutate the thing that’s
bound to `y` (`*y = 5`). A subtle distinction.
`y` is an immutable binding to a mutable reference, which means that you can’t bind 'y' to something else (`y = &mut z`), but `y` can be used to bind `x` to something else (`*y = 5`). A subtle distinction.
Of course, if you need both: