`todo!()` in function arguments causes the function call to be linted

[BoxyUwU]

I tried this code:

pub fn foo<T>(a: T) -> T {
    a
}

pub fn bar<T>() -> T {
    foo(todo!())
}

I expected to see this happen: it compile with no lints

Instead, this happened: it told me my foo call was unreachable

warning: unreachable call
 --> src/lib.rs:6:5
  |
6 |     foo(todo!())
  |     ^^^ ------- any code following this expression is unreachable
  |     |
  |     unreachable call
  |
  = note: `#[warn(unreachable_code)]` (part of `#[warn(unused)]`) on by default

while technically true this is not particularly helpful. It's been todo!()'d because I'm in the process of filling out the function arguments.

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[ryanavella]

Duplicate of #75277?

[ionicmc-rs]

Your issue is valid, but this example is not the best as the entire call can just be replaced by todo!().

[iago-lito]

I would write that though, if I know I'll need to call foo but haven't worked out the argument yet.