Hello, how exactly does K2 mode work in the IDE? U...

# intellij

[Jan Skrasek]

Hello, how exactly does K2 mode work in the IDE? Usually, there is "just enable it, it will work", but you know... I don't believe in magic and I need to understand this 🙂

So,
• is it a plugin that autoupdates?
• is it built-in in IDE and delivered with IDE update?
• is it built-in in Kotlin and delivered through project deps?
Thank you 🙂

[hfhbd]

It is magically. When you enable the K2 mode, IntelliJ uses the builtin Kotlin plugin with K2. The Kotlin plugin will be automatically updated with a newer IntelliJ version.

[Jan Skrasek]

so it cannot be updated independently from the IDE, am I right?

[hfhbd]

Nope