# Context receivers

DevFeed: [Context receivers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/context-receivers-39302.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kt.academy/article/fk-context-receivers>)

Published: 2022-10-07T00:05:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Kt. Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kt-academy.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Extension](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/extension.md>), [kotlin-coroutines](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin-coroutines.md>)

Tags: [experimental](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimental.md>), [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [extension-function](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension-function.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [kotlin-coroutines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-coroutines.md>), [workshop-learning-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workshop-learning-programming.md>)

## AI overview

This Kotlin article explains context receivers, an experimental feature that requires the -Xcontext-receivers compiler argument in the relevant Kotlin version. It contrasts context receivers with extension functions, which are limited to a single receiver and can give a misleading impression when used only to provide context.

## Source excerpt

All you need to know about the new and powerful Kotlin feature: context receivers.