Compiler Error C2361

initialization of 'identifier' is skipped by 'default' label

Remarks

The initialization of identifier can be skipped in a switch statement. You cannot jump past a declaration with an initializer unless the declaration is enclosed in a block. (Unless it is declared within a block, the variable is within scope until the end of the switch statement.)

Example

The following example generates C2361:

// C2361.cpp
void func( void ) {
   int x;
   switch (x) {
   case 0 :
      int i = 1;
      { int j = 1; }
   default :   // C2361 error
      int k = 1;
   }
}

Possible resolution:

// C2361b.cpp
// compile with: /c
void func( void ) {
   int x = 0;
   switch (x) {
   case 0 :
      { int j = 1; int i = 1;}
   default :
      int k = 1;
   }
}