Here's another Chuck surprise: a subclass won't inherit its parent's static methods. So:

class Parent {
  fun static void test() {
    <<< "Parent.test()" >>>;
  }
}

class Child extends Parent {}

Parent.test(); // this works
Child.test();  // this fails

Child.test() triggers the error "Assertion failed: (func != NULL), function emit_engine_emit_exp_dot_member, file chuck_emit.cpp, line 3416". Chuck says Happy New Year. :)