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`no-untyped-call` false positive when calling lambda with no input parameters

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Description

from typing import Callable
(lambda: 1)()  # no error
a = lambda: 1
b: Callable[[], int] = lambda: 1
reveal_type(a)  # Revealed type is "def () -> builtins.int"
reveal_type(b)  # Revealed type is "def () -> builtins.int"
a()  # error: Call to untyped function (unknown) in typed context  [no-untyped-call]
b()  # no error

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kinda related: #5069

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Run the linked mypy-play reproducer first and compare it with related issue #5069. Trace how unannotated zero-argument lambdas are handled under no-untyped-call; done when the lambda call is not falsely reported while the typed Callable case and reveal_type results remain correct.

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python
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