Using NUnit to explore static field initialization

Given the following code:

class Constants
{
    public static readonly Constants Instance = new Constants();
    public static readonly string ApplicationName = "ig2600";
    public readonly string CachedClassName;

    public Constants()
    {
        CachedClassName = GetQualifiedClassName("Constants");
    }

    public static string GetQualifiedClassName(string className)
    {
        return string.Format("{0}::{1}", ApplicationName, className);
    }
}

Which of the below tests pass?

[TestFixture]
public class TestConstants
{
    [TestFixture]
    public class TestConstants
    {
        [Test]
        public void TestOne()
        {
            Assert.That(Constants.Instance.CachedClassName, Is.EqualTo("ig2600::Constants"));
        }

        [Test]
        public void TestTwo()
        {
            Assert.That(Constants.Instance.CachedClassName, Is.EqualTo("::Constants"));
        }
    }
}

Not sure? Download the code with mercurial from  https://bitbucket.org/idvorkin/ig2600_blog, then fire up VS and NUnit, and look at the StaticFieldMystery project.

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