What does the syntax *this = {}; do in a class function?

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Wednesday, 18 September 2019 at 17:58:08 UTC, GilbertJobs 
wrote:
> Obviously a newer player to C++ here.

BTW if this was C++ code you are looking at, most my explanation 
still applies, and in C++, class and struct work the same way. So 
it probably fits there too.