When calling a static function from an inherited script, subcalls are not dispatched to the inheriting script's functions

[BimDav]

Godot version

3.4.4-stable, 4.0 alpha 11

System information

Windows 10

Issue description

In parent.gd:

extends Node
static func get_number() -> int:
    return 0

static func get_next_number() -> int:
    return get_number() + 1

In child.gd:

extends "res://parent.gd"
static func get_number() -> int:
    return 1

Calling load("res://child.gd").get_next_number() returns 1, while it should return 2.

Following the calls in a c++ debugger, it seems that when we are inside the parent's get_next_number(), all information about child is lost.

Steps to reproduce

Run the provided sample project

Minimal reproduction project

test_static_inheritance.zip

[ProbDenis]

I can confirm that this is still an issue in 4.1.1.
It limits the usefulness of static functions, and I have to use a few ugly workarounds when using child classes that override static functions.

[shrubbgames]

I just ran into this in 4.2.1 as well.

[AThousandShips]

I'm not convinced this is a bug, static functions can't be inherited and there's no reason to assume the static function being called should take into account what the class itself is, this isn't how it works in at least c++ I don't know about other languages

[AThousandShips]

Thank you for reporting, consolidating in:

• Static method override fails when call site is base script #72973

This has more details and some commentary

See there for more details, if you think something was missed about this and it's not the same issue, please comment here and it can be reopened