Testing storing references to @staticmethod in class

statictest.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
class Hello(object):
    @staticmethod
    def _hello_impl_1():
        print 'Hello world!'
    _hello_impl = None
    @staticmethod
    def hello():
        if Hello._hello_impl == None:
            Hello._hello_impl = Hello._hello_impl_1
        Hello._hello_impl()

Hello.hello()

# Above call fails with:
#Traceback (most recent call last):
#  File "./statictest.py", line 12, in <module>
#    Hello.hello()
#  File "./statictest.py", line 11, in hello
#    Hello._hello_impl()
#TypeError: unbound method _hello_impl_1() must be called with Hello instance as first argument (got nothing instead)