C# virtual static method

Question

Why is static virtual impossible? Is C# dependent or just don\'t have any sense in the OO world?

I know the concept has already been underlined but I did not find a

Answer 1

The contradiction between "static" and "virtual" is only a c# problem. If "static" were replaced by "class level", like in many other languages, no one would be blindfolded.

Too bad the choice of words made c# crippled in this respect. It is still possible to call the Type.InvokeMember method to simulate a call to a class level, virtual method. You just have to pass the method name as a string. No compile time check, no strong typing and no control that subclasses implement the method.

Some Delphi beauty:

type
  TFormClass = class of TForm;
var
  formClass: TFormClass;
  myForm: TForm;
begin
  ...
  formClass = GetAnyFormClassYouWouldLike;
  myForm = formClass.Create(nil);
  myForm.Show;
end