[Mono-list] Static constructor issue

[Robert Jordan]

Andreas Färber wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Isn't the idea of having static (class) constructors to init a class  
> before its first use? Doesn't this require the runtime to do  
> recursive initialization just like for instance constructors?
> 
> My base class' constructor is not being called before that of my  
> subclass.

It's by design. See ECMA 334 (C# specification) section 17.11.

Because non-static ctors are called in reverse order
of the class hierarchy, the static ctors will be called
in that order too, as an artifact of 17.11.

Robert