pycom: how to expose Python 2.3 property instance as a VARIANT?

[The Eternal Squire]

Hi everyone,

I am wanting to write a Python COM server with a data member created
by using the new Python 2.3
property() built-in function.    When I attempt to access the member
through a client, I get
the ComError message saying that I cannot convert type property into a
VARIANT, so it looks
like the default exposure mechanism in pythoncom.dll is not working
properly.
 
Do you have any suggestions as to how I can wrap the property
properly?  I'd much rather not create a
nonstandard pythoncom.dll to do the conversion unless I absolutely
must.

Thanks:

The Eternal Squire

(see below an example sketch of what I intend.  I'm well aware that I
need the CLSID, PROGID, and other attributes in my example, let's
assume I did that and that I also know how to register a COM server).

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class Friend:
    'an object that modifies or uses the object which owns it'
    def __init__ (self, top):
      self.top = top
 
class SmartValue (Friend):
  'an example of a managed attribute of a COM interface'
  KEY = 'x'
 
  def __init__ (self, top):
     Friend.__init__ (self, top):  
     self.storage = 0
     setattr (self.top, KEY, property (self.get, self.set))
     self.top._public_attrs_ += [ self.KEY ]
 
  def get (self):
    return self.storage
 
  def set (self, value):
    self.storage = value
 
 
class COMInterface:
   ' an example COM interface template'
 
   ELEMENTS = [ ]
 
   def __init__ (self):
     [ e (self) for e in self.ELEMENTS ]
 
 
class MyInterface (COMInterface):
    ' an example specific COM interface'
 
    ELEMENTS = [ SmartValue ]
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
   'code to register MyInterface would follow here'
  
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