C# static initializers don’t care about inheritance

output.txt

Sub1
Accessed Sub1Value:
Sub2
Base
Accessed Sub2Value:
SubInstantiable
BaseInstantiable
Instantiated SubInstantiable: StaticInitializationInheritance.SubInstantiable

Program.cs

// Apparently, accessing a static member of a subclass does not initialize
// the static members of the base class unless you explicitly cause this to
// happen.

using System;

namespace StaticInitializationInheritance
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Accessed {nameof(Sub1.Sub1Value)}: {Sub1.Sub1Value}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Accessed {nameof(Sub2.Sub2Value)}: {Sub2.Sub2Value}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Instantiated {nameof(SubInstantiable)}: {new SubInstantiable()}");
        }
    }

    class Base
    {
        public static object BaseValue { get; }
        static Base()
        {
            Console.WriteLine(nameof(Base));
        }
    }

    class Sub1 : Base
    {
        public static object Sub1Value { get; }
        static Sub1()
        {
            Console.WriteLine(nameof(Sub1));
        }
    }

    class Sub2 : Base
    {
        public static object Sub2Value { get; }
        static Sub2()
        {
            Console.WriteLine(nameof(Sub2));
            Sub2Value = BaseValue;
        }
    }

    // What about object initialization?
    class BaseInstantiable
    {
        static BaseInstantiable()
        {
            Console.WriteLine(nameof(BaseInstantiable));
        }
    }

    class SubInstantiable
        : BaseInstantiable
    {
        static SubInstantiable()
        {
            Console.WriteLine(nameof(SubInstantiable));
        }
    }
}