<h3 dir="auto">Vue.js version</h3>
<p dir="auto">2.1.6</p>
<h3 dir="auto">Reproduction Link</h3>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://jsfiddle.net/xzhwbb1o/2/" rel="nofollow">https://jsfiddle.net/xzhwbb1o/2/</a></p>
<h3 dir="auto">What is Expected?</h3>
<p dir="auto">I want to get the component <code class="notranslate">item</code>  up  component <code class="notranslate">choice</code>, but when <code class="notranslate">functional </code> , the parent is the <code class="notranslate">#app</code>, remove the <code class="notranslate">functional</code>  is <code class="notranslate">choice</code>, is the default of this? I have read the document <a href="cn.vuejs.org/v2/guide/render-function.html#%E5%87%BD%E6%95%B0%E5%8C%96%E7%BB%84%E4%BB%B6">render</a>, but did not find the relevant tips.</p>
<p dir="auto">Let's say I have the following template:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="&lt;div id=&quot;app&quot;&gt;
   &lt;parent-component&gt;
      &lt;functional-child-component /&gt;
      &lt;normal-child-component /&gt;
   &lt;/ parent-component&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">&lt;div id="app"&gt;
   &lt;parent-component&gt;
      &lt;functional-child-component /&gt;
      &lt;normal-child-component /&gt;
   &lt;/ parent-component&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">If I use <code class="notranslate">this.$parent</code> inside the <code class="notranslate">normal-child-component</code> I get access to the <code class="notranslate">parent-component</code>, as expected.</p>
<p dir="auto">If I use the same logic inside a functional child component, however, the behavior is different. <code class="notranslate">context.parent</code>  gives me access to the root instance, similar to if I was using <code class="notranslate">this.$root</code> in a normal  component. Is this the intended behavior? If it is, how can I get access to actual <code class="notranslate">$parent</code> instance inside a functional child component?</p>