C# static member “inheritance” - why does this exist at all?

Question

In C#, a superclass\'s static members are \"inherited\" into the subclasses scope. For instance:

class A { public static int M() { return 1; } }
class B : A         


        

Answer 1

I think it's for accessing protected static members of the base class.

class Base
{
    protected static void Helper(string s)
    {
       Console.WriteLine(s);
    }
}

class Subclass : Base
{
   public void Run()
    {
       Helper("From the subclass");
    }
}