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Closure argument type ambiguity errors when the outer call has wrong number of arguments

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Description

Code
fn test() {
    takes_two_args(|s| {
        s.to_string();
    });
}

fn takes_two_args(thing: u32, f: impl Fn(&str)) {
    todo!();
}
Current output
error[E0282]: type annotations needed
 --> src/lib.rs:3:21
  |
3 |     takes_two_args(|s| {
  |                     ^
4 |         s.to_string();
  |         - type must be known at this point
  |
help: consider giving this closure parameter an explicit type
  |
3 |     takes_two_args(|s: /* Type */| {
  |                      ++++++++++++
Desired output
Wrong number of arguments.
Rationale and extra context

In addition to wrong number of arguments, maybe we could also detect when the argument type is not a function. (Both are true in this example)

Other cases

Rust Version
1.87.0
Anything else?

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Research direction

The issue names no repository file or test. Reproduce the closure example with rustc 1.87.0, then locate the compiler diagnostics and type-checking tests covering closure argument inference; done means the wrong-argument-count case reports “Wrong number of arguments.” instead of E0282.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
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Estimated time
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