I'm new to Dart and I'm hoping someone can explain this variable scoping warning.

When I use the following:

enum fruits {tomatoes, apples, oranges}

void main() {
  
  for (var item in fruits.values) {
    
    var color = 'red';          // Local variable 'color' declared
   
    switch (item){     
      case fruits.apples: 
       break; 
      case fruits.tomatoes:
       break;
      default:
       color = 'orange';        // Local variable 'color' used, analyzer doesn't see
       break;}  
    
    print (color);              // Local variable 'color' used, analyzer sees
    }
}

The code analyzer has no problem with the above. But if I comment out the print statement // print (color);, I get the warning The value of the local variable 'color' isn't used. from the analyzer even though color is used in the default case of the switch statement.

Why doesn't the analyzer "see" the local variable in the default case?