diff --git a/lib/std/core/env.c3 b/lib/std/core/env.c3
index f8525fb6d..65669fdc4 100644
--- a/lib/std/core/env.c3
+++ b/lib/std/core/env.c3
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ macro bool os_is_posix() @const
 		return false;
 	$endswitch
 }
-
+const String[] AUTHORS = $$AUTHORS;
+const String[] AUTHOR_EMAILS = $$AUTHOR_EMAILS;
 const BUILTIN_EXPECT_IS_DISABLED = $feature(DISABLE_BUILTIN_EXPECT);
 const BUILTIN_PREFETCH_IS_DISABLED = $feature(DISABLE_BUILTIN_PREFETCH);
diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index ff029ce9a..10418d70d 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 - `$is_const` is deprecated in favour of `@is_const` based on `$defined`.
 - Multiline contract comments #2113
 - Removed the use of temp allocator in backtrace printing.
+- `env::AUTHORS` and `env::AUTHOR_EMAILS` added.
 
 ### Fixes
 - mkdir/rmdir would not work properly with substring paths on non-windows platforms.
diff --git a/resources/testproject/src/hello_world.c3 b/resources/testproject/src/hello_world.c3
index 495a8acdf..4fe003928 100644
--- a/resources/testproject/src/hello_world.c3
+++ b/resources/testproject/src/hello_world.c3
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import std;
 import bar;
 import clib;
 import clib2;
+import std::core::env;
+
 
 fn int test_doubler(int x) @if(env::WIN32) => x * x;
 extern fn int test_doubler(int) @if(!env::WIN32);
@@ -11,6 +13,11 @@ extern fn void printf(char *, ...);
 fn int main()
 {
     printf("Hello World!\n");
+    printf("Authors:");
+    io::printn(env::AUTHORS);
+    printf("Author emails:");
+    io::printn(env::AUTHOR_EMAILS);
+
     bar::test();
     printf("Hello double: %d\n", test_doubler(11));
 	if ($feature(ABCD)) io::printn("ABCD");
diff --git a/src/build/build.h b/src/build/build.h
index e271ac05f..00aa1438e 100644
--- a/src/build/build.h
+++ b/src/build/build.h
@@ -599,6 +599,12 @@ typedef struct BuildOptions_
 	bool testing;
 } BuildOptions;
 
+typedef struct
+{
+	const char *author;
+	const char *email;
+} AuthorEntry;
+
 typedef struct
 {
 	struct Library__ *parent;
@@ -728,6 +734,7 @@ typedef struct
 	const char **csources;
 	const char **cinclude_dirs;
 	const char **exec;
+	AuthorEntry *authors;
 	const char **feature_list;
 	const char *custom_linker_path;
 	struct
diff --git a/src/build/project.c b/src/build/project.c
index 534c648e9..f3ffd72b4 100644
--- a/src/build/project.c
+++ b/src/build/project.c
@@ -184,7 +184,29 @@ static void load_into_build_target(BuildParseContext context, JSONObject *json,
 			error_exit("Error reading %s: output extension '%s' must start with a '.'", context.file, target->extension);
 		}
 	}
-
+	else
+	{
+		const char **authors = get_optional_string_array(context, json, "authors");
+		AuthorEntry *author_list = NULL;
+		FOREACH(const char *, author, authors)
+		{
+			const char *email_start = strstr(author, "<");
+			if (email_start)
+			{
+				const char *end = strstr(email_start + 1, ">");
+				if (!end || end[1] != 0 || email_start + 1 == end) error_exit("Error reading %s: invalid author format '%s'", author);
+				const char *email = str_trim(str_copy(email_start + 1, end - email_start - 1));
+				AuthorEntry entry = { str_trim(str_copy(author, email_start - author)), email };
+				vec_add(author_list, entry);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				AuthorEntry entry = { str_trim(str_dup(author)), NULL };
+				vec_add(author_list, entry);
+			}
+		}
+		target->authors = author_list;
+	}
 	// "Before compilation" execution
 	APPEND_STRING_LIST(&target->exec, "exec");
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler.c b/src/compiler/compiler.c
index 0a15ae676..f4178aa6d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler.c
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,22 @@ void compile()
 	setup_bool_define("THREAD_SANITIZER", compiler.build.feature.sanitize_thread);
 	setup_string_define("BUILD_HASH", GIT_HASH);
 	setup_string_define("BUILD_DATE", compiler_date_to_iso());
-
+	Expr *expr_names = expr_new(EXPR_CONST, INVALID_SPAN);
+	Expr *expr_emails = expr_new(EXPR_CONST, INVALID_SPAN);
+	expr_names->const_expr.const_kind = CONST_UNTYPED_LIST;
+	expr_emails->const_expr.const_kind = CONST_UNTYPED_LIST;
+	expr_names->type = type_untypedlist;
+	expr_emails->type = type_untypedlist;
+	expr_names->resolve_status = expr_names->resolve_status = RESOLVE_DONE;
+	FOREACH(AuthorEntry, entry, compiler.build.authors)
+	{
+		Expr *const_name = expr_new_const_string(INVALID_SPAN, entry.author); // NOLINT
+		Expr *const_email = expr_new_const_string(INVALID_SPAN, entry.email ? entry.email : ""); // NOLINT
+		vec_add(expr_names->const_expr.untyped_list, const_name);
+		vec_add(expr_emails->const_expr.untyped_list, const_email);
+	}
+	setup_define("AUTHORS", expr_names);
+	setup_define("AUTHOR_EMAILS", expr_emails);
 	type_init_cint();
 	compiler_init_time = bench_mark();
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h b/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
index 18df7b91e..ca245f3e3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
@@ -710,8 +710,10 @@ typedef enum RangeType
 	RANGE_CONST_END,
 	RANGE_CONST_LEN,
 	RANGE_CONST_RANGE,
+	RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT,
 } RangeType;
 
+
 typedef struct
 {
 	ResolveStatus status : 3;
@@ -719,7 +721,6 @@ typedef struct
 	bool start_from_end : 1;
 	bool end_from_end : 1;
 	bool is_len : 1;
-	bool is_range : 1;
 	bool is_optional : 1;
 	union
 	{
diff --git a/src/compiler/copying.c b/src/compiler/copying.c
index bfa140b65..018fe2e43 100644
--- a/src/compiler/copying.c
+++ b/src/compiler/copying.c
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ void copy_range(CopyStruct *c, Range *range)
 {
 	switch (range->range_type)
 	{
+		case RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT:
+			UNREACHABLE
 		case RANGE_CONST_LEN:
 		case RANGE_CONST_END:
 			MACRO_COPY_EXPRID(range->start);
diff --git a/src/compiler/expr.c b/src/compiler/expr.c
index e06c72c86..6e878a122 100644
--- a/src/compiler/expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/expr.c
@@ -904,6 +904,8 @@ bool expr_is_pure(Expr *expr)
 			if (!exprid_is_pure(expr->slice_expr.expr)) return false;
 			switch (expr->slice_expr.range.range_type)
 			{
+				case RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT:
+					UNREACHABLE
 				case RANGE_CONST_RANGE:
 					return true;
 				case RANGE_CONST_END:
diff --git a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
index e21b0abd2..e99585f75 100644
--- a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
@@ -2611,6 +2611,8 @@ static void llvm_emit_slice_values(GenContext *c, Expr *slice, BEValue *parent_r
 	BEValue start_index;
 	switch (range.range_type)
 	{
+		case RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT:
+			UNREACHABLE
 		case RANGE_DYNAMIC:
 		case RANGE_CONST_LEN:
 		case RANGE_CONST_END:
@@ -2680,6 +2682,8 @@ static void llvm_emit_slice_values(GenContext *c, Expr *slice, BEValue *parent_r
 		// Get the index.
 		switch (range.range_type)
 		{
+			case RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT:
+				UNREACHABLE
 			case RANGE_DYNAMIC:
 				llvm_emit_exprid(c, &end_index, range.end);
 				llvm_value_rvalue(c, &end_index);
diff --git a/src/compiler/parse_expr.c b/src/compiler/parse_expr.c
index 0a580a1db..f6d8cd74c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parse_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/parse_expr.c
@@ -50,12 +50,10 @@ bool parse_range(ParseContext *c, Range *range)
 	bool is_len_range = range->is_len = try_consume(c, TOKEN_COLON);
 	if (!is_len_range && !try_consume(c, TOKEN_DOTDOT))
 	{
-		// Otherwise this is not a range.
-		range->is_range = false;
+		// Otherwise this is a single element
+		range->range_type = RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT;
 		return true;
 	}
-	range->is_range = true;
-
 	// Is there an expression next?
 	range->end_from_end = try_consume(c, TOKEN_BIT_XOR);
 	if (range->end_from_end || parse_current_is_expr(c))
@@ -443,6 +441,11 @@ Expr *parse_vasplat(ParseContext *c)
 	if (try_consume(c, TOKEN_LBRACKET))
 	{
 		if (!parse_range(c, &expr->vasplat_expr)) return poisoned_expr;
+		if (expr->vasplat_expr.range_type == RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT)
+		{
+			PRINT_ERROR_AT(expr, "$vasplat expected a range.");
+			return poisoned_expr;
+		}
 		CONSUME_OR_RET(TOKEN_RBRACKET, poisoned_expr);
 	}
 	RANGE_EXTEND_PREV(expr);
@@ -1052,7 +1055,7 @@ static Expr *parse_subscript_expr(ParseContext *c, Expr *left, SourceSpan lhs_st
 	Range range = { .range_type = RANGE_DYNAMIC };
 	if (!parse_range(c, &range)) return poisoned_expr;
 	CONSUME_OR_RET(TOKEN_RBRACKET, poisoned_expr);
-	if (!range.is_range)
+	if (range.range_type == RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT)
 	{
 		subs_expr->subscript_expr.index = (SubscriptIndex) {
 				.expr = range.start,
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index fe367f6c1..f197d0fb2 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -1146,7 +1146,8 @@ static inline bool sema_identifier_find_possible_inferred(SemaContext *context,
 
 static inline bool sema_expr_analyse_identifier(SemaContext *context, Type *to, Expr *expr)
 {
-	ASSERT_SPAN(expr, expr && expr->unresolved_ident_expr.ident);
+	ASSERT(expr);
+	ASSERT_SPAN(expr, expr->unresolved_ident_expr.ident);
 	DEBUG_LOG("Resolving identifier '%s'", expr->unresolved_ident_expr.ident);
 
 	ASSERT_SPAN(expr, expr->resolve_status != RESOLVE_DONE);
@@ -6212,11 +6213,6 @@ static Expr **sema_vasplat_insert(SemaContext *context, Expr **init_expressions,
 	unsigned start_idx = 0;
 	if (start)
 	{
-		if (!range->is_range)
-		{
-			SEMA_ERROR(expr, "$vasplat expected a range.");
-			return NULL;
-		}
 		if (!sema_analyse_expr(context, start)) return NULL;
 		if (!expr_is_const_int(start))
 		{
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_internal.h b/src/compiler/sema_internal.h
index aa1709fd2..23184cb6e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_internal.h
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_internal.h
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ static inline IndexDiff range_const_len(Range *range)
 {
 	switch (range->range_type)
 	{
+		case RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT:
+			UNREACHABLE;
 		case RANGE_CONST_LEN:
 			return range->const_end;
 		case RANGE_CONST_END:
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_liveness.c b/src/compiler/sema_liveness.c
index 3a9148e0b..37364320d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_liveness.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_liveness.c
@@ -453,6 +453,8 @@ RETRY:
 			sema_trace_expr_liveness(exprptr(expr->slice_expr.expr));
 			switch (expr->slice_expr.range.range_type)
 			{
+				case RANGE_SINGLE_ELEMENT:
+					UNREACHABLE
 				case RANGE_CONST_RANGE:
 					return;
 				case RANGE_DYNAMIC:
diff --git a/src/utils/lib.h b/src/utils/lib.h
index aff8ad8a9..7e1d61bdb 100644
--- a/src/utils/lib.h
+++ b/src/utils/lib.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ bool str_is_integer(const char *string);
 bool str_has_no_uppercase(const char *string);
 bool str_is_valid_module_name(const char *name);
 char *str_copy(const char *start, size_t str_len);
+char *str_dup(const char *str);
 
 StringSlice slice_next_token(StringSlice *slice, char separator);
 static inline bool slice_strcmp(StringSlice slice, const char *other);
diff --git a/src/utils/stringutils.c b/src/utils/stringutils.c
index e9c1c0953..ec39c0a82 100644
--- a/src/utils/stringutils.c
+++ b/src/utils/stringutils.c
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ char *str_cat(const char *a, const char *b)
 	return buffer;
 }
 
+char *str_dup(const char *str)
+{
+	return str_copy(str, strlen(str));
+}
+
 char *str_copy(const char *start, size_t str_len)
 {
 	char *dst = calloc_string(str_len + 1);