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Applying a method to an erroring arithmetic expression in closure leads to vauge error #142320

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fn main() {
    let mut q: &dyn Fn(_) -> _ = &|_: usize| 10_u8;
    let mut q_tmp;
    let x = 20_i16;
    q_tmp = move |a| (a + x).clamp(0, 1);
    q = &q_tmp;
}

Current output

--> src/main.rs:5:22
  |
5 |     q_tmp = move |a| (a + x).clamp(0, 1);
  |                      ^^^^^^^ cannot infer type

Desired output

error[E0277]: cannot add `i16` to `usize`
 --> src/main.rs:5:25
  |
5 |     q_tmp = move |a| (a + x).clamp(0, 1);
  |                         ^ no implementation for `usize + i16`
  |
  = help: the trait `Add<i16>` is not implemented for `usize`
  = help: the following other types implement trait `Add<Rhs>`:
            `&usize` implements `Add<usize>`
            `&usize` implements `Add`
            `usize` implements `Add<&usize>`
            `usize` implements `Add`

Rationale and extra context

This is very confusing when the contained expression is much more complicated than adding two numbers.

Other cases

Rust Version

rustc 1.86.0 (05f9846f8 2025-03-31)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: 05f9846f893b09a1be1fc8560e33fc3c815cfecb
commit-date: 2025-03-31
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.86.0
LLVM version: 19.1.7

(also tested on the latest nightly on the playground)

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