Calling a constructor to re-initialize object

Question

is it possible to re-initialize an object of a class using its constructor?

Answer 1

Instead of destructing and reinitializing as suggested by some of the answers above, it's better to do an assignment like below. The code below is exception safe.

    T& reinitialize(int x, int y)
    {
        T other(x, y);
        Swap(other); // this can't throw.
        return *this;
    }