Confusing error message with str::parse

[Aaron1011]

The following code:

fn bar() -> Result<(), std::num::ParseIntError> {
    let a = "Hello".parse()?;
    Ok(())
}

fn main() {}

gives the following error message:

error[E0277]: the trait bound `(): std::str::FromStr` is not satisfied
 --> src/main.rs:2:21
  |
2 |     let a = "Hello".parse()?;
  |                     ^^^^^ the trait `std::str::FromStr` is not implemented for `()`

error: aborting due to previous error

The bound (): std::str::FromStr appears seemingly out of thin air. We should explain where the type () and trait std::str::FromStr come from.

The () appears to be produced by never-type fallback, which was quite surprising to me.

[fmease]

Triage 2024:
Keyword is type inference fallback.
In the 2024 edition, this will change to ! from () but otherwise the diagnostic issue continues to persist.
CC related #113875