Can I declare variables inside an Objective-C switch statement?

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I don’t have a suitable Objective-C compiler on hand, but as long as the C constructs are identical:

switch { … } gives you one block-level scope, not one for each case. Declaring a variable anywhere other than the beginning of the scope is illegal, and inside a switch is especially dangerous because its initialization may be jumped over.

Do either of the following resolve the issue?

NSString *viewDataKey;
switch (cellNumber) {
    case 1:
        viewDataKey = @"Name";
    …
}

switch (cellNumber) {
    case 1: {
        NSString *viewDataKey = @"Name";
        …
    }
    …
}

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