diff --git a/compiler/docgen.nim b/compiler/docgen.nim
index cd7d459fd5..fc019790a2 100755
--- a/compiler/docgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/docgen.nim
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ proc genItem(d: PDoc, n, nameNode: PNode, k: TSymKind) =
     of tokKeywordLow..tokKeywordHigh: 
       dispA(result, "<span class=\"Keyword\">$1</span>", "\\spanKeyword{$1}", 
             [toRope(literal)])
-    of tkOpr, tkHat: 
+    of tkOpr: 
       dispA(result, "<span class=\"Operator\">$1</span>", "\\spanOperator{$1}", 
             [toRope(esc(literal))])
     of tkStrLit..tkTripleStrLit: 
diff --git a/compiler/lexer.nim b/compiler/lexer.nim
index 2174a696fb..7d65039295 100755
--- a/compiler/lexer.nim
+++ b/compiler/lexer.nim
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type
     tkCurlyDotLe, tkCurlyDotRi, # {.  and  .}
     tkParDotLe, tkParDotRi,   # (. and .)
     tkComma, tkSemiColon, tkColon, tkColonColon, tkEquals, tkDot, tkDotDot, 
-    tkHat, tkOpr, tkComment, tkAccent, tkInd, tkSad, 
+    tkOpr, tkComment, tkAccent, tkInd, tkSad, 
     tkDed, # pseudo token types used by the source renderers:
     tkSpaces, tkInfixOpr, tkPrefixOpr, tkPostfixOpr
   TTokTypes* = set[TTokType]
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const
     "tkTripleStrLit", "tkGStrLit", "tkGTripleStrLit", "tkCharLit", "(", 
     ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "[.", ".]", "{.", ".}", "(.", ".)", ",", ";", 
     ":", "::",
-    "=", ".", "..", "^", "tkOpr", "tkComment", "`", "[new indentation]", 
+    "=", ".", "..", "tkOpr", "tkComment", "`", "[new indentation]", 
     "[same indentation]", "[dedentation]", "tkSpaces", "tkInfixOpr", 
     "tkPrefixOpr", "tkPostfixOpr"]
 
diff --git a/compiler/parser.nim b/compiler/parser.nim
index 42dc0b64bd..aca891863e 100755
--- a/compiler/parser.nim
+++ b/compiler/parser.nim
@@ -450,11 +450,6 @@ proc primary(p: var TParser): PNode =
       optInd(p, result)
       addSon(result, parseSymbol(p))
       result = parseGStrLit(p, result)
-    of tkHat: 
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkDerefExpr, p)
-      addSon(result, a)
-      getTok(p)
     of tkBracketLe: 
       result = indexExprList(p, result)
     else: break 
diff --git a/compiler/renderer.nim b/compiler/renderer.nim
index 8dc629eb41..3c2e766943 100755
--- a/compiler/renderer.nim
+++ b/compiler/renderer.nim
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ proc gsub(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode, c: TContext) =
     gsub(g, n.sons[1])
   of nkDerefExpr: 
     gsub(g, n.sons[0])
-    putWithSpace(g, tkHat, "^") 
+    putWithSpace(g, tkOpr, "^") 
     # unfortunately this requires a space, because ^. would be only one operator
   of nkAccQuoted:
     put(g, tkAccent, "`")
diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index 8f84d665d8..879a42d819 100755
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ proc changeType(n: PNode, newType: PType) =
   of nkPar: 
     if newType.kind != tyTuple: 
       InternalError(n.info, "changeType: no tuple type for constructor")
-    if newType.n == nil: InternalError(n.info, "changeType: no tuple fields")
-    if (sonsLen(n) > 0) and (n.sons[0].kind == nkExprColonExpr): 
+    if newType.n == nil: nil
+    elif (sonsLen(n) > 0) and (n.sons[0].kind == nkExprColonExpr): 
       for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): 
         var m = n.sons[i].sons[0]
         if m.kind != nkSym: 
diff --git a/compiler/semthreads.nim b/compiler/semthreads.nim
index 5e52aea72a..7355c3bfc6 100755
--- a/compiler/semthreads.nim
+++ b/compiler/semthreads.nim
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ proc analyseOp(c: PProcCtx, n: PNode): TThreadOwner =
 
 proc analyse(c: PProcCtx, n: PNode): TThreadOwner =
   case n.kind
-  of nkCall, nkInfix, nkPrefix, nkPostfix, nkCommand, 
+  of nkCall, nkInfix, nkPrefix, nkPostfix, nkCommand,
      nkCallStrLit, nkHiddenCallConv:
-    result = analyseOp(c, n)    
+    result = analyseOp(c, n)
   of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn:
     analyseAssign(c, n)
     result = toVoid
@@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ proc analyse(c: PProcCtx, n: PNode): TThreadOwner =
   of nkDotExpr, nkBracketExpr, nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref:
     # field access:
     # pointer deref or array access:
-    result = analyse(c, n.sons[0])    
+    result = analyse(c, n.sons[0])
   of nkBind: result = analyse(c, n.sons[0])
-  of nkPar, nkCurly, nkBracket:
+  of nkPar, nkCurly, nkBracket, nkRange:
     # container construction:
     result = toNil # nothing until later
     for i in 0..n.len-1: aggregateOwner(result, analyse(c, n[i]))
diff --git a/compiler/wordrecg.nim b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
index b55f13ae90..47d0fa3fc5 100755
--- a/compiler/wordrecg.nim
+++ b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type
     wShl, wShr, wTemplate, wTry, wTuple, wType, wVar, wWhen, wWhile, wWith, 
     wWithout, wXor, wYield,
     
-    wColon, wColonColon, wEquals, wDot, wDotDot, wHat, wStar, wMinus, 
+    wColon, wColonColon, wEquals, wDot, wDotDot, wStar, wMinus, 
     wMagic, wThread, wFinal, wProfiler, wObjChecks,
     wImportCompilerProc,
     wImportc, wExportc, wExtern,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ type
 
 const 
   oprLow* = ord(wColon)
-  oprHigh* = ord(wHat)
+  oprHigh* = ord(wDotDot)
   specialWords*: array[low(TSpecialWord)..high(TSpecialWord), string] = ["", 
     
     "addr", "and", "as", "asm", "atomic", 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const
     "try", "tuple", "type", "var", "when", "while", "with", "without", "xor",
     "yield",
 
-    ":", "::", "=", ".", "..", "^", "*", "-",
+    ":", "::", "=", ".", "..", "*", "-",
     "magic", "thread", "final", "profiler", "objchecks", 
     "importcompilerproc", "importc", "exportc", "extern",
     "align", "nodecl", "pure", "volatile", "register", "sideeffect", 
diff --git a/doc/grammar.txt b/doc/grammar.txt
index 2348a1a7ce..91d334715a 100755
--- a/doc/grammar.txt
+++ b/doc/grammar.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ primaryPrefix ::= (prefixOperator | 'bind') optInd
 primarySuffix ::= '.' optInd symbol [generalizedLit]
                 | '(' optInd namedExprList optPar ')'
                 | '[' optInd [indexExpr (comma indexExpr)* [comma]] optPar ']'
-                | '^'
                 | pragma
 
 primary ::= primaryPrefix* (symbol [generalizedLit] | 
diff --git a/tests/accept/compile/tmandelbrot.nim b/tests/accept/compile/tmandelbrot.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54724d247b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/accept/compile/tmandelbrot.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# -*- nimrod -*-
+
+import math
+import os
+import strutils
+
+type TComplex = tuple[re, im: float]
+
+proc `+` (a, b: TComplex): TComplex =
+    return (a.re + b.re, a.im + b.im)
+
+proc `*` (a, b: TComplex): TComplex =
+    result.re = a.re * b.re - a.im * b.im
+    result.im = a.re * b.im + a.im * b.re
+
+proc abs2 (a: TComplex): float =
+    return a.re * a.re + a.im * a.im
+
+var size    = parseInt (paramStr (1))
+var bit     = 128
+var byteAcc = 0
+
+stdout.writeln ("P4")
+stdout.write ($size)
+stdout.write (" ")
+stdout.writeln ($size)
+
+var fsize = float (size)
+for y in 0 .. size-1:
+    var fy = 2.0 * float (y) / fsize - 1.0
+    for x in 0 .. size-1:
+        var z = (0.0, 0.0)
+        var c = (float (2*x) / fsize - 1.5, fy)
+
+        block iter:
+            for i in 0 .. 49:
+                z = z*z + c
+                if abs2 (z) >= 4.0:
+                    break iter
+            byteAcc = byteAcc + bit
+
+        if bit > 1:
+            bit = bit div 2
+        else:
+            stdout.write (chr (byteAcc))
+            bit     = 128
+            byteAcc = 0
+
+    if bit != 128:
+        stdout.write (chr (byteAcc))
+        bit     = 128
+        byteAcc = 0
+
diff --git a/tests/accept/run/tanontuples.nim b/tests/accept/run/tanontuples.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2babf038b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/accept/run/tanontuples.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+discard """
+  output: "61, 125"
+"""
+
+proc `^` (a, b: int): int =
+  result = 1
+  for i in 1..b: result = result * a
+
+var m = (0, 5)
+var n = (56, 3)
+
+m = (n[0] + m[1], m[1] ^ n[1])
+
+echo m[0], ", ", m[1]
+
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 4ac2a57033..a21e320dd2 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Version 0.8.14
 - ``var T`` as a return type; easy to prove that location does not escape its
   stack frame
 - document Nimrod's two phase symbol lookup for generics
-- make ^ available as operator
 - optional indentation for 'case' statement
 - make threadvar efficient again on linux after testing
 - test the sort implementation again
diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt
index 06d915b262..51e8319d6a 100755
--- a/web/news.txt
+++ b/web/news.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Changes affecting backwards compatibility
   ``osproc.executeCommand``. 
 - Removed deprecated ``parseopt.init``, ``parseopt.getRestOfCommandLine``.
 - Moved ``strutils.validEmailAddress`` to ``matchers.validEmailAddress``.
+- The pointer dereference operator ``^`` has been removed, so that ``^``
+  can now be a user-defined operator.
 
 
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