diff --git a/example/simplereader/simplereader.cpp b/example/simplereader/simplereader.cpp
index b47d9b2..edbdb63 100644
--- a/example/simplereader/simplereader.cpp
+++ b/example/simplereader/simplereader.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 using namespace rapidjson;
 using namespace std;
 
-struct MyHandler : public BaseReaderHandler<UTF8<>, MyHandler> {
+struct MyHandler {
     bool Null() { cout << "Null()" << endl; return true; }
     bool Bool(bool b) { cout << "Bool(" << boolalpha << b << ")" << endl; return true; }
     bool Int(int i) { cout << "Int(" << i << ")" << endl; return true; }
diff --git a/include/rapidjson/reader.h b/include/rapidjson/reader.h
index e853bea..885fe22 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/reader.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/reader.h
@@ -637,8 +637,10 @@ private:
             StackStream stackStream(stack_);
             ParseStringToStream<parseFlags, SourceEncoding, TargetEncoding>(s, stackStream);
             RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR_EARLY_RETURN_VOID;
-            const typename TargetEncoding::Ch* const str = stack_.template Pop<typename TargetEncoding::Ch>(stackStream.length_);
-            success = (isKey ? handler.Key(str, stackStream.length_ - 1, false) : handler.String(str, stackStream.length_ - 1, false));
+            success = (isKey
+                ? handler.Key(   stack_.template Pop<typename TargetEncoding::Ch>(stackStream.length_), stackStream.length_ - 1, false)
+                : handler.String(stack_.template Pop<typename TargetEncoding::Ch>(stackStream.length_), stackStream.length_ - 1, false)
+            );
         }
 
         if(!success)