public function merge_context( $context = array(), $file = null, $name = null ) {
		// Allow for simple null usage as well as array() for nothing
		if ( is_null( $context ) ) {
			$context = array();
		}

		// Applies local context on top of Global one
		$context = wp_parse_args( (array) $context, $this->global );

		/**
		 * Allows filtering the Local context
		 *
		 * @since  4.6.2
		 *
		 * @param array  $context   Local Context array of data
		 * @param string $file      Complete path to include the PHP File
		 * @param array  $name      Template name
		 * @param self   $template  Current instance of the Tribe__Template
		 */
		$this->context = apply_filters( 'tribe_template_context', $context, $file, $name, $this );

		return $this->context;
	}