complete rewrite of eval/exec patch
diff --git a/example/example18.cpp b/example/example18.cpp
index f85675d..8fdab81 100644
--- a/example/example18.cpp
+++ b/example/example18.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-    example/example18.cpp -- Usage of exec, eval etc.
+    example/example18.cpp -- Usage of eval() and eval_file()
 
     Copyright (c) 2016 Klemens D. Morgenstern
 
@@ -8,29 +8,30 @@
 */
 
 
-#include <pybind11/exec.h>
+#include <pybind11/eval.h>
 #include "example.h"
 
 void example18() {
     py::module main_module = py::module::import("__main__");
     py::object main_namespace = main_module.attr("__dict__");
 
-    bool executed = false;
+    bool ok = false;
 
-    main_module.def("call_test", [&]()-> int {executed = true; return 42;});
+    main_module.def("call_test", [&]() -> int {
+        ok = true;
+        return 42;
+    });
 
-    cout << "exec test" << endl;
+    cout << "eval_statements test" << endl;
 
-    py::exec(
+    auto result = py::eval<py::eval_statements>(
             "print('Hello World!');\n"
-            "x = call_test();",
-                          main_namespace);
+            "x = call_test();", main_namespace);
 
-    if (executed)
-        cout << "exec passed" << endl;
-    else {
-        cout << "exec failed" << endl;
-    }
+    if (ok && result == py::none())
+        cout << "eval_statements passed" << endl;
+    else
+        cout << "eval_statements failed" << endl;
 
     cout << "eval test" << endl;
 
@@ -38,83 +39,64 @@
 
     if (val.cast<int>() == 42)
         cout << "eval passed" << endl;
-    else {
+    else
         cout << "eval failed" << endl;
-    }
 
+    ok = false;
+    cout << "eval_single_statement test" << endl;
 
-    executed = false;
-    cout << "exec_statement test" << endl;
+    py::eval<py::eval_single_statement>(
+        "y = call_test();", main_namespace);
 
-    py::exec_statement("y = call_test();", main_namespace);
+    if (ok)
+        cout << "eval_single_statement passed" << endl;
+    else
+        cout << "eval_single_statement failed" << endl;
 
-
-    if (executed)
-        cout << "exec_statement passed" << endl;
-    else {
-        cout << "exec_statement failed" << endl;
-    }
-
-    cout << "exec_file test" << endl;
+    cout << "eval_file test" << endl;
 
     int val_out;
     main_module.def("call_test2", [&](int value) {val_out = value;});
 
-
-    py::exec_file("example18_call.py", main_namespace);
-
-    if (val_out == 42)
-        cout << "exec_file passed" << endl;
-    else {
-        cout << "exec_file failed" << endl;
-    }
-
-    executed = false;
-    cout << "exec failure test" << endl;
     try {
-    	py::exec("non-sense code ...");
-    }
-    catch (py::error_already_set & err) {
-    	executed = true;
-    }
-    if (executed)
-        cout << "exec failure test passed" << endl;
-    else {
-        cout << "exec failure test failed" << endl;
+        result = py::eval_file("example18_call.py", main_namespace);
+    } catch (...) {
+        result = py::eval_file("example/example18_call.py", main_namespace);
     }
 
+    if (val_out == 42 && result == py::none())
+        cout << "eval_file passed" << endl;
+    else
+        cout << "eval_file failed" << endl;
 
-    executed = false;
-    cout << "exec_file failure test" << endl;
-    try {
-    	py::exec_file("none-existing file");
-    }
-    catch (std::invalid_argument & err) {
-    	executed = true;
-    }
-    if (executed)
-        cout << "exec_file failure test passed" << endl;
-    else {
-        cout << "exec_file failure test failed" << endl;
-    }
-
-    executed = false;
+    ok = false;
     cout << "eval failure test" << endl;
     try {
-    	py::eval("print('dummy')");
+        py::eval("nonsense code ...");
+    } catch (py::error_already_set &) {
+        PyErr_Clear();
+        ok = true;
     }
-    catch (py::error_already_set & err) {
-    	executed = true;
-    }
-    if (executed)
+
+    if (ok)
         cout << "eval failure test passed" << endl;
-    else {
+    else
         cout << "eval failure test failed" << endl;
+
+    ok = false;
+    cout << "eval_file failure test" << endl;
+    try {
+        py::eval_file("nonexisting file");
+    } catch (std::exception &) {
+        ok = true;
     }
+
+    if (ok)
+        cout << "eval_file failure test passed" << endl;
+    else
+        cout << "eval_file failure test failed" << endl;
 }
 
 void init_ex18(py::module & m) {
-	m.def("example18", &example18);
+    m.def("example18", &example18);
 }
-
-
diff --git a/example/example18.ref b/example/example18.ref
index 81f1049..db350bd 100644
--- a/example/example18.ref
+++ b/example/example18.ref
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-exec test
-Hello World!
-exec passed
+eval_statements test
+eval_statements passed
 eval test
 eval passed
-exec_statement test
-exec_statement passed
-exec_file test
-exec_file passed
-exec failure test
-exec failure test passed
-exec_file failure test
-exec_file failure test passed
+eval_single_statement test
+eval_single_statement passed
+eval_file test
+eval_file passed
 eval failure test
 eval failure test passed
+eval_file failure test
+eval_file failure test passed
+Hello World!