diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp
index d1ab4f83a..db95685f0 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp
@@ -569,16 +569,18 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
         JSON_ASSERT(frames.back().object == nullptr);
         const frame f = frames.back();
         frames.pop_back();
-        enter_enclosing_container();
+        reenter_enclosing_container();
 
         if (f.array == nullptr)
         {
-            // the elements are on the stack: make them the array
+            // the elements are the top of the shared elements stack, from
+            // f.start on (the elements below belong to enclosing arrays that
+            // are still open): move them into the array and pop them
             const auto first = elements.begin() + static_cast<std::ptrdiff_t>(f.start);
             auto* const arr = BasicJsonType::template create<array_t>(std::make_move_iterator(first), std::make_move_iterator(elements.end()));
             BasicJsonType value;
-            value.m_data.m_type = BasicJsonType::value_t::array;
             value.m_data.m_value.array = arr;
+            value.m_data.m_type = BasicJsonType::value_t::array;
             elements.erase(first, elements.end());
 
             place_container(f, frames.empty() ? nullptr : &frames.back(), std::move(value), true);
@@ -1033,13 +1035,15 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
         return true;
     }
 
-    /// the members of an object that is collected on the stack as an object
+    /// the members of an object that is collected on the stack as an object;
+    /// they are the top of the shared member stack, from f.start on (the
+    /// members below belong to enclosing objects that are still open)
     object_t* members_to_object(const frame& f, BasicJsonType& value)
     {
         const auto first = ordered_data.members.begin() + static_cast<std::ptrdiff_t>(f.start);
         auto* const obj = BasicJsonType::template create<object_t>(std::make_move_iterator(first), std::make_move_iterator(ordered_data.members.end()));
-        value.m_data.m_type = BasicJsonType::value_t::object;
         value.m_data.m_value.object = obj;
+        value.m_data.m_type = BasicJsonType::value_t::object;
         ordered_data.members.erase(first, ordered_data.members.end());
         return obj;
     }
@@ -1073,7 +1077,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
         // the members are on the stack: make them the object
         const frame f = frames.back();
         frames.pop_back();
-        enter_enclosing_container();
+        reenter_enclosing_container();
 
         BasicJsonType value;
         members_to_object(f, value);
@@ -1098,7 +1102,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         release_key_index(frames.back(), std::integral_constant<bool, indexed_keys> {});
         frames.pop_back();
-        enter_enclosing_container();
+        reenter_enclosing_container();
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -1269,7 +1273,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
     }
 
     /// after a container was closed: the one it was in is the one that gets the next value
-    void enter_enclosing_container()
+    void reenter_enclosing_container()
     {
         if (frames.empty())
         {
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
index bfa70b01c..3017a29fd 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
@@ -243,13 +243,13 @@ class parser
     JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
     bool sax_parse_internal(SAX* sax)
     {
+        // value to avoid a goto (see comment where set to true)
+        bool skip_to_state_evaluation = false;
+
         // stack to remember the hierarchy of structured values we are parsing
         // true = array; false = object (bytes, not std::vector<bool>, whose
         // push_back() is a call with GCC)
         std::vector<std::uint8_t> states;
-        // value to avoid a goto (see comment where set to true)
-        bool skip_to_state_evaluation = false;
-
         // a document that starts with a container pushes onto the stack at
         // once: allocate it in one step instead of growing it from 1 byte
         if (last_token == token_type::begin_object || last_token == token_type::begin_array)
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 27f8b8a3c..f2b921cc0 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -15502,16 +15502,18 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
         JSON_ASSERT(frames.back().object == nullptr);
         const frame f = frames.back();
         frames.pop_back();
-        enter_enclosing_container();
+        reenter_enclosing_container();
 
         if (f.array == nullptr)
         {
-            // the elements are on the stack: make them the array
+            // the elements are the top of the shared elements stack, from
+            // f.start on (the elements below belong to enclosing arrays that
+            // are still open): move them into the array and pop them
             const auto first = elements.begin() + static_cast<std::ptrdiff_t>(f.start);
             auto* const arr = BasicJsonType::template create<array_t>(std::make_move_iterator(first), std::make_move_iterator(elements.end()));
             BasicJsonType value;
-            value.m_data.m_type = BasicJsonType::value_t::array;
             value.m_data.m_value.array = arr;
+            value.m_data.m_type = BasicJsonType::value_t::array;
             elements.erase(first, elements.end());
 
             place_container(f, frames.empty() ? nullptr : &frames.back(), std::move(value), true);
@@ -15966,13 +15968,15 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
         return true;
     }
 
-    /// the members of an object that is collected on the stack as an object
+    /// the members of an object that is collected on the stack as an object;
+    /// they are the top of the shared member stack, from f.start on (the
+    /// members below belong to enclosing objects that are still open)
     object_t* members_to_object(const frame& f, BasicJsonType& value)
     {
         const auto first = ordered_data.members.begin() + static_cast<std::ptrdiff_t>(f.start);
         auto* const obj = BasicJsonType::template create<object_t>(std::make_move_iterator(first), std::make_move_iterator(ordered_data.members.end()));
-        value.m_data.m_type = BasicJsonType::value_t::object;
         value.m_data.m_value.object = obj;
+        value.m_data.m_type = BasicJsonType::value_t::object;
         ordered_data.members.erase(first, ordered_data.members.end());
         return obj;
     }
@@ -16006,7 +16010,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
         // the members are on the stack: make them the object
         const frame f = frames.back();
         frames.pop_back();
-        enter_enclosing_container();
+        reenter_enclosing_container();
 
         BasicJsonType value;
         members_to_object(f, value);
@@ -16031,7 +16035,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         release_key_index(frames.back(), std::integral_constant<bool, indexed_keys> {});
         frames.pop_back();
-        enter_enclosing_container();
+        reenter_enclosing_container();
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -16202,7 +16206,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
     }
 
     /// after a container was closed: the one it was in is the one that gets the next value
-    void enter_enclosing_container()
+    void reenter_enclosing_container()
     {
         if (frames.empty())
         {
@@ -22007,13 +22011,13 @@ class parser
     JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
     bool sax_parse_internal(SAX* sax)
     {
+        // value to avoid a goto (see comment where set to true)
+        bool skip_to_state_evaluation = false;
+
         // stack to remember the hierarchy of structured values we are parsing
         // true = array; false = object (bytes, not std::vector<bool>, whose
         // push_back() is a call with GCC)
         std::vector<std::uint8_t> states;
-        // value to avoid a goto (see comment where set to true)
-        bool skip_to_state_evaluation = false;
-
         // a document that starts with a container pushes onto the stack at
         // once: allocate it in one step instead of growing it from 1 byte
         if (last_token == token_type::begin_object || last_token == token_type::begin_array)