Ambiguous overload error subsumed by misleading error

[propensive]

Given this definition,

object Foo {
  def apply() = 1
  def apply()(implicit ord: Ordering[Int]) = 2
}

calling Foo() yields the error,

object Foo does not take parameters

whereas calling Foo.apply() reports the more useful,

Ambiguous overload. The overloaded alternatives of method apply in object Foo with types
 ()(implicit ord: Ordering[Int]): Int
 (): Int
both match arguments ()