Index: src/InitTweak/FixInit.cc
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--- src/InitTweak/FixInit.cc	(revision 552775975b142e0bb26e33a21d776351992df048)
+++ src/InitTweak/FixInit.cc	(revision a0c7d5cc63c9d5379597f81031e97a8f5ec1e18b)
@@ -385,5 +385,5 @@
 		void SelfAssignChecker::previsit( ApplicationExpr * appExpr ) {
 			DeclarationWithType * function = getFunction( appExpr );
-			if ( isAssignment( function ) ) {
+			if ( function->name == "?=?" ) { // doesn't use isAssignment, because ?+=?, etc. should not count as self-assignment
 				if ( appExpr->args.size() == 2 ) {
 					// check for structural similarity (same variable use, ignore casts, etc. - but does not look too deeply, anything looking like a function is off limits)