Variable initialization in the switch statement

#include <iostream>

int main() {
  std::cout << "Please input a integer: ";
  int t = 0;
  std::cin >> t;
  switch (t) {
    case 0:
      int a; a = 0;
      //int a = 0;
      std::cout << "You intput " << a << '.' << std::endl;
      break;
    case 1:
      a = 1;
      std::cout << "You intput " << a << '.' << std::endl;
      break;
    default:
      a = t;
      std::cout << "You intput " << a << '.' << std::endl;
      break;
  }

  return 0;
}

The scope of variable “a” is between the braces of the switch statement. The commented line will cause a compiler error(g++):

• variable_initialization_in_switch.cc:14: error: jump to case label
  variable_initialization_in_switch.cc:11: error: crosses initialization of ‘int a’

Don’t know what exactly “cross initialization” means by now.