Latex \path command inside \newcommand definition not working?

I would like to use t开发者_Python百科he \path command inside a \newcommand definition inside a latex document. However my definition does not work as I would expect it to work. A minimal example for this is

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{path}
\newcommand{\code}[1]{\path!{#1}!}
\begin{document}
Testing the path command with: \code{this.texts.should.not.be.typeseted.on.a.single.line}.

Testing the path command with: \path!this.texts.should.not.be.typeseted.on.a.single.line!.
\end{document}

What is the error I am making when defining the new command?

From a brief look, \path does \catcode trickery, much like \verb does, and so, like \verb, it will not work correctly within other commands. (Cf. Why doesn’t verbatim work within …?) Obviously, you are doing something extra in your application, otherwise you could just say \newcommand\code{\path} or even \let\code\path, which works because the command will then let \path pick up the parameter and not do it itself.