@@ -650,10 +650,14 @@
 	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 	const char *pointer = [self UTF8String];
 	const char *stop = pointer + [self UTF8StringLength];
 	id object;
 	size_t line = 1;
+
+#ifdef __clang_analyzer__
+	assert(pointer != NULL);
+#endif
 
 	object = nextObject(&pointer, stop, &line, depthLimit);
 	skipWhitespacesAndComments(&pointer, stop, &line);
 
 	if (pointer < stop || object == nil)