Overriding a static method in python

In the form that you are using there, you are explicitly specifying what class’s static method_two to call. If method_three was a classmethod, and you called cls.method_two, you would get the results that you wanted:

class Test:
    def method_one(self):
        print "Called method_one"
    @staticmethod
    def method_two():
        print "Called method_two"
    @classmethod
    def method_three(cls):
        cls.method_two()

class T2(Test):
    @staticmethod
    def method_two():
        print "T2"

a_test = Test()
a_test.method_one()  # -> Called method_one
a_test.method_two()  # -> Called method_two
a_test.method_three()  # -> Called method_two

b_test = T2()
b_test.method_three()  # -> T2
Test.method_two()  # -> Called method_two
T2.method_three()  # -> T2