Closes #2913.

different from the other errors, so no second try was done for them.)

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diff --git a/test/files/pos/t2913.scala b/test/files/pos/t2913.scala
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+class A {
+  def foo(a: Int) = 0
+}
+
+class RichA {
+  def foo(a: String) = 0
+  def foo(a: String, b: String) = 0
+  def foo() = 0
+}
+
+object Test {
+
+  implicit def AToRichA(a: A) = new RichA
+
+  val a = new A
+  a.foo()
+  a.foo(1)
+
+  a.foo("")       // Without implicits, a type error regarding invalid argument types is generated at `""`. This is
+                  // the same position as an argument, so the 'second try' typing with an Implicit View is tried,
+                  // and AToRichA(a).foo("") is found.
+                  //
+                  // My reading of the spec "7.3 Views" is that `a.foo` denotes a member of `a`, so the view should
+                  // not be triggered.
+                  //
+                  // But perhaps the implementation was changed to solve See https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/ticket/1756
+
+  a.foo("a", "b") // Without implicits, a type error regarding invalid arity is generated at `foo(<error>"", "")`.
+                  // Typers#tryTypedApply:3274 only checks if the error is as the same position as `foo`, `"a"`, or `"b"`.
+                  // None of these po
+}