notify when attribute changes

hi

i need my object to be notified when one of its attributes changes.
this seems to work fine if i write custom getter and setter methods,
however it's a little overkill in the simple example i'm working on.

so i tried the "notify" message, cause the doc says:
"As an alternative to writing a custom setter, you can take advantage
of the fact that objects receive a "notify" message whenever one of
their attributes is changed."

the example below compiles fine, but i can't get any notification
when changing the "test" attribute in max.
what am i doing wrong?

thanks,
volker.

/***** testnotify **********/

#include "ext.h"
#include "ext_obex.h"

static t_class *s_myObj_class;

typedef struct _myObj
{
    t_object    ob;
    long    testattr;
} t_myObj;

void myObj_bang(t_myObj *x);
void myObj_int(t_myObj *x, long n);
void *myObj_new(t_symbol *s, long argc, t_atom *argv);
t_max_err myObj_notify(t_myObj *x, t_symbol *s, t_symbol *msg, void
*sender, void *data);

int main(void)
{
    t_class *c;
    c = class_new("testnotify", (method)myObj_new, 0, sizeof(t_myObj),
0L, A_GIMME, 0);

    class_addmethod(c, (method)myObj_bang, "bang", 0);
    class_addmethod(c, (method)myObj_int, "int", A_LONG, 0);
    class_addmethod(c, (method)myObj_notify, "notify", A_CANT, 0);

    // attributes
    CLASS_ATTR_LONG( c, "test", 0, t_myObj, testattr );

    class_register(CLASS_BOX, c);
    s_myObj_class = c;
    return 0;
}

t_max_err myObj_notify(t_myObj *x, t_symbol *s, t_symbol *msg, void
*sender, void *data) {
     // look for all messages
    post("notify");
    //object_post((t_object *)x, "i got msg: %s", msg->s_name);

    t_symbol *attrname;
    if(msg == gensym("attr_modified")) {
        attrname = (t_symbol *)object_method((t_object *)data, gensym
("getname"));
        object_post((t_object *)x, "i got a %s notification from the %s
attribute", msg->s_name, attrname->s_name);
    }
    return 0;
}

void myObj_bang(t_myObj *x) {
    post("test: %ld", x->testattr);
}

void myObj_int(t_myObj *x, long n) {
    x->testattr = n;
}

void *myObj_new(t_symbol *s, long argc, t_atom *argv)
{
    t_myObj *x = (t_myObj *)object_alloc(s_myObj_class);
    x->testattr = 77;
    return (x);
}