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Better error message than "overloaded or recursive method needs return type" for (1)(2) #3742

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@soronpo

From discussion on a separate (closed) issue #3737, it became clear that at least the error message should be improved.

In dotty:

scala> 1(2) 
1 |1(2)
  |^
  |overloaded or recursive method <none> needs return type

In scalac:

scala> (1)(2)
<console>:12: error: Int(1) does not take parameters
       (1)(2)

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