We can convert a nonconst to const but not the other way round

int *p = p3; // error: p3 has a low-level const but p doesn't
p2 = p3; // ok: p2 has the same low-level const qualification as p3
p2 = &i; // ok: we can convert int* to const int*
int &r = ci; // error: can't bind an ordinary int& to a const int object
const int &r2 = i; // ok: can bind const int& to plain int