diff --git a/ext/misc/json1.c b/ext/misc/json1.c
index 787b46982e..5addd7dbcc 100644
--- a/ext/misc/json1.c
+++ b/ext/misc/json1.c
@@ -2649,6 +2649,8 @@ int sqlite3Json1Init(sqlite3 *db){
     { "json_array_length",    1, 0,   jsonArrayLengthFunc   },
     { "json_array_length",    2, 0,   jsonArrayLengthFunc   },
     { "json_extract",        -1, 0,   jsonExtractFunc       },
+    { "->",                   2, 1,   jsonExtractFunc       },
+    { "->>",                  2, 1,   jsonExtractFunc       },
     { "json_insert",         -1, 0,   jsonSetFunc           },
     { "json_object",         -1, 0,   jsonObjectFunc        },
     { "json_patch",           2, 0,   jsonPatchFunc         },
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 66cd8be755..b962a3d961 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Add\sthe\s'-guard:cf'\scompiler\soption\sfor\sWindows\s10,\sper\s[forum:/forumpost/8d3b4ad694|forum\spost\s8d3b4ad694].
-D 2022-01-06T17:13:56.835
+C Add\snew\sbinary\soperators\s"->"\sand\s"->>"\sto\sthe\sparser\sthat\sevaluate\sto\n2-argument\sSQL\sfunctions\sby\sthe\ssame\sname.\s\sAdd\snew\s"->"\sand\s"->>"\sfunctions\nto\sthe\sJSON\sextension\sthat\sare\saliases\sfor\sjson_extract().
+D 2022-01-07T14:58:47.701
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ F ext/misc/fileio.c 4e7f7cd30de8df4820c552f14af3c9ca451c5ffe1f2e7bef34d598a12ebf
 F ext/misc/fossildelta.c 1240b2d3e52eab1d50c160c7fe1902a9bd210e052dc209200a750bbf885402d5
 F ext/misc/fuzzer.c eae560134f66333e9e1ca4c8ffea75df42056e2ce8456734565dbe1c2a92bf3d
 F ext/misc/ieee754.c 91a5594071143a4ab79c638fe9f059af1db09932faf2e704c3e29216a7d4f511
-F ext/misc/json1.c a4ea54d9b228901695a7f51df338dddb29a2a574b870d0c0cb58539cc90e9a31
+F ext/misc/json1.c ee5d8250f78d598e0c8b81fc37e8fa1b52098e5f7bb71f0db3cd39c1acc4ca78
 F ext/misc/memstat.c 3017a0832c645c0f8c773435620d663855f04690172316bd127270d1a7523d4d
 F ext/misc/memtrace.c 7c0d115d2ef716ad0ba632c91e05bd119cb16c1aedf3bec9f06196ead2d5537b
 F ext/misc/memvfs.c 7dffa8cc89c7f2d73da4bd4ccea1bcbd2bd283e3bb4cea398df7c372a197291b
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ F src/os_win.c 77d39873836f1831a9b0b91894fec45ab0e9ca8e067dc8c549e1d1eca1566fe9
 F src/os_win.h 7b073010f1451abe501be30d12f6bc599824944a
 F src/pager.c 55a9a8c745c47a49e6541b1d634f6152e3f72f76c6dbb04fe24413986a928091
 F src/pager.h 4bf9b3213a4b2bebbced5eaa8b219cf25d4a82f385d093cd64b7e93e5285f66f
-F src/parse.y 761b5d30a7ea9bd2db3b3571438cfcceb5f7dbf4fcad6881c8de65bdda07135a
+F src/parse.y 04f61db1cdd7036c6d74baad1c342d3e3110cb0765c48fcfd3bdf4e974a1e5bb
 F src/pcache.c 084e638432c610f95aea72b8509f0845d2791293f39d1b82f0c0a7e089c3bb6b
 F src/pcache.h 4f87acd914cef5016fae3030343540d75f5b85a1877eed1a2a19b9f284248586
 F src/pcache1.c 54881292a9a5db202b2c0ac541c5e3ef9a5e8c4f1c1383adb2601d5499a60e65
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ F src/test_windirent.h 90dfbe95442c9762357fe128dc7ae3dc199d006de93eb33ba3972e0a9
 F src/test_window.c cdae419fdcea5bad6dcd9368c685abdad6deb59e9fc8b84b153de513d394ba3f
 F src/test_wsd.c 41cadfd9d97fe8e3e4e44f61a4a8ccd6f7ca8fe9
 F src/threads.c 4ae07fa022a3dc7c5beb373cf744a85d3c5c6c3c
-F src/tokenize.c dc5367c6d42336b35d55f96d2f04cd6256e92bc6ecf74ed5d855d24e43343aff
+F src/tokenize.c b74d878aa7c82ec8460779468061a96185e22257f68ab785b69abce354b70446
 F src/treeview.c 9dfdb7ff7f6645d0a6458dbdf4ffac041c071c4533a6db8bb6e502b979ac67bc
 F src/trigger.c 40e7c3dcff57a770d5fa38ba21ed4725572fd2e224c58af61eb980598b60f9c8
 F src/update.c d6f5c7b9e072660757ac7d58175aca11c07cb95ebbb297ae7f38853700f52328
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ F test/fts4umlaut.test fcaca4471de7e78c9d1f7e8976e3e8704d7d8ad979d57a739d00f3f75
 F test/fts4unicode.test 82a9c16b68ba2f358a856226bb2ee02f81583797bc4744061c54401bf1a0f4c9
 F test/fts4upfrom.test f25835162c989dffd5e2ef91ec24c4848cc9973093e2d492d1c7b32afac1b49d
 F test/full.test 6b3c8fb43c6beab6b95438c1675374b95fab245d
-F test/func.test 3a65ddb6c1998f71aa86492501a6be87904197e62bfb5b70b2493552b558abd1
+F test/func.test 0a305e88a4fbdce6be8c6f4863d6dab9ecb2975b95e94734621e2c900779b712
 F test/func2.test 772d66227e4e6684b86053302e2d74a2500e1e0f
 F test/func3.test 600a632c305a88f3946d38f9a51efe145c989b2e13bd2b2a488db47fe76bab6a
 F test/func4.test 2285fb5792d593fef442358763f0fd9de806eda47dbc7a5934df57ffdc484c31
@@ -1937,8 +1937,11 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P b6a82f3c3b9d89fdf628c7f117b6a4a64383a36c84fe84d47c80e845c9bd8a4f
-R 77a4280a2931dd249bcf6514bda5d68b
-U mistachkin
-Z 912599d00221acb9d08acd46c2ac9173
+P 2d6a16caa7d28ad5c766036b2eb6c2020683fcc9389b3c7df2013739929dd36f
+R a976b35db7b5d2f5710ec976fab3e1b7
+T *branch * json-enhancements
+T *sym-json-enhancements *
+T -sym-trunk *
+U drh
+Z e4a5223ea04d8f66a6958c2ae1a2641b
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index ba34d0d3e9..20f17305ae 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2d6a16caa7d28ad5c766036b2eb6c2020683fcc9389b3c7df2013739929dd36f
\ No newline at end of file
+c4e4e3a3fc5da0381ccb7930706e57d7831d87f9c63bafe49ae64117701e1cfe
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/parse.y b/src/parse.y
index 559057f9ae..5b83b16b60 100644
--- a/src/parse.y
+++ b/src/parse.y
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ columnname(A) ::= nm(A) typetoken(Y). {sqlite3AddColumn(pParse,A,Y);}
 //
 %token ABORT ACTION AFTER ANALYZE ASC ATTACH BEFORE BEGIN BY CASCADE CAST.
 %token CONFLICT DATABASE DEFERRED DESC DETACH EACH END EXCLUSIVE EXPLAIN FAIL.
-%token OR AND NOT MATCH LIKE_KW BETWEEN IS IN ISNULL NOTNULL NE EQ.
+%token OR AND NOT IS MATCH LIKE_KW BETWEEN IN ISNULL NOTNULL NE EQ.
 %token GT LE LT GE ESCAPE.
 
 // The following directive causes tokens ABORT, AFTER, ASC, etc. to
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ columnname(A) ::= nm(A) typetoken(Y). {sqlite3AddColumn(pParse,A,Y);}
 %left BITAND BITOR LSHIFT RSHIFT.
 %left PLUS MINUS.
 %left STAR SLASH REM.
-%left CONCAT.
+%left CONCAT PTR.
 %left COLLATE.
 %right BITNOT.
 %nonassoc ON.
@@ -1235,6 +1235,12 @@ expr(A) ::= PLUS|MINUS(B) expr(X). [BITNOT] {
   /*A-overwrites-B*/
 }
 
+expr(A) ::= expr(B) PTR(C) expr(D). {
+  ExprList *pList = sqlite3ExprListAppend(pParse, 0, B);
+  pList = sqlite3ExprListAppend(pParse, pList, D);
+  A = sqlite3ExprFunction(pParse, pList, &C, 0);
+}
+
 %type between_op {int}
 between_op(A) ::= BETWEEN.     {A = 0;}
 between_op(A) ::= NOT BETWEEN. {A = 1;}
diff --git a/src/tokenize.c b/src/tokenize.c
index 5f41e5665e..347fd57323 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.c
+++ b/src/tokenize.c
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ int sqlite3GetToken(const unsigned char *z, int *tokenType){
         for(i=2; (c=z[i])!=0 && c!='\n'; i++){}
         *tokenType = TK_SPACE;   /* IMP: R-22934-25134 */
         return i;
+      }else if( z[1]=='>' ){
+        *tokenType = TK_PTR;
+        return 2 + (z[2]=='>');
       }
       *tokenType = TK_MINUS;
       return 1;
diff --git a/test/func.test b/test/func.test
index ca1027f508..008819baa5 100644
--- a/test/func.test
+++ b/test/func.test
@@ -1507,4 +1507,19 @@ do_execsql_test func-35.200 {
   PRAGMA integrity_check;
 } {ok}
 
+# 2021-01-07:  The -> and ->> operators.
+#
+proc ptr1 {a b} { return "$a->$b" }
+db func -> ptr1
+proc ptr2 {a b} { return "$a->>$b" }
+db func ->> ptr2
+do_execsql_test func-36.100 {
+  SELECT 123 -> 456
+} {123->456}
+do_execsql_test func-36.110 {
+  SELECT 123 ->> 456
+} {123->>456}
+
+
+
 finish_test