--- a/@pyobject/subsasgn.m	Tue Aug 09 15:40:52 2016 -0700
+++ b/@pyobject/subsasgn.m	Tue Aug 09 11:08:58 2016 -0700
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@
 
 %!test
 %! % list indexing
-%! pyexec ("L = [10, 20]")
-%! L = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("L");
+%! L = pyeval ("[10, 20]");
 %! L{2} = "Octave";
 %! assert (length (L) == 2)
 %! assert (L{1}, 10)
@@ -97,8 +96,7 @@
 
 %!test
 %! % dict assignment, adding new keys
-%! pyexec ("d = dict()")
-%! d = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("d");
+%! d = pyeval ("dict()");
 %! d{"a"} = 3;
 %! d{"b"} = 4;
 %! assert (d{"a"}, 3)
@@ -106,15 +104,13 @@
 
 %!test
 %! % dict assignment, update existing key
-%! pyexec ("d = {'a':1}")
-%! d = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("d");
+%! d = pyeval ("{'a':1}");
 %! d{"a"} = 3;
 %! assert (d{"a"}, 3)
 
 %!test
 %! % dict assignment, other keys (e.g., Issue #10).
-%! pyexec ("d = dict()")
-%! d = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("d");
+%! d = pyeval ("dict()");
 %! d{"5"} = 10;
 %! d{5.5} = 11;
 %! d{5} = 12;

--- a/@pyobject/subsref.m	Tue Aug 09 15:40:52 2016 -0700
+++ b/@pyobject/subsref.m	Tue Aug 09 11:08:58 2016 -0700
@@ -114,15 +114,13 @@
 
 %!test
 %! % list indexing
-%! pyexec ("L = [10, 20]")
-%! L = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("L");
+%! L = pyeval ("[10, 20]");
 %! assert (L{1}, 10)
 %! assert (L{2}, 20)
 
 %!test
 %! % list indexing, slice
-%! pyexec ("L = [10, 20, [30, 40]]")
-%! L = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("L");
+%! L = pyeval ("[10, 20, [30, 40]]");
 %! L2 = L{:};
 %! assert (L2{1}, 10)
 %! assert (L2{2}, 20)
@@ -131,8 +129,7 @@
 
 %!test
 %! % list indexing, nested list
-%! pyexec ("L = [1, 2, [10, 11, 12]]")
-%! L = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("L");
+%! L = pyeval ("[1, 2, [10, 11, 12]]");
 %! assert (L{2}, 2)
 %! assert (L{3}{1}, 10)
 %! assert (L{3}{3}, 12)
@@ -148,40 +145,34 @@
 %!test
 %! % 2D array indexing
 %! pyexec ("import numpy")
-%! pyexec ("A = numpy.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]])")
-%! A = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("A");
+%! A = pyobject (pyeval ("numpy.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]])"));
 %! assert (A{1, 1}, 1)
 %! assert (A{2, 1}, 3)
 %! assert (A{1, 2}, 2)
 
 %!test
 %! % dict: str key access
-%! pyexec ("d = {'one':1, 5:5, 6:6}")
-%! d = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("d");
+%! d = pyeval ("{'one':1, 5:5, 6:6}");
 %! assert (d{"one"}, 1)
 
 %!test
 %! % dict: integer key access
-%! pyexec ("d = {5:42, 6:42}")
-%! d = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("d");
+%! d = pyeval ("{5:42, 6:42}");
 %! assert (d{6}, 42)
 
 %!test
 %! % dict: integer key should not subtract one
-%! pyexec ("d = {5:40, 6:42}")
-%! d = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("d");
+%! d = pyeval ("{5:40, 6:42}");
 %! assert (d{6}, 42)
 
 %!test
 %! % dict: floating point keys should work
-%! pyexec ("d = {5.5:'ok'}")
-%! d = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("d");
+%! d = pyeval ("{5.5:'ok'}");
 %! assert (d{5.5}, "ok")
 
 %!test
 %! % dict: make sure key ":" doesn't break anything
-%! pyexec ("d = {'a':1, ':':2}")
-%! d = pyobject.fromPythonVarName ("d");
+%! d = pyeval ("{'a':1, ':':2}");
 %! assert (d{'a'}, 1)
 %! assert (d{':'}, 2)