Why can I not call my class's constructor from an instance of that class in C++?

Question

When can an object of a class call the destructor of that class, as if it\'s a regular function? Why can\'t it call the constructor of the same class, as one of its regular

Answer 1

Who says you can't? You just have to know how.

void Foo::Bar() {
  *this = Foo(); // Reset *this
}