Why can't Go cast interfaces that implement generics?

Question content

I was trying to explore Go's type system and have fun writing a small side project, but ended up running into a weird Condition.

When an interface can take a type in which it is used in a function, and a struct implements the interface, the interface is contained in a map of interface and I cannot convert it back to the implementation when retrieving it. Why? how? What's wrong?

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
)

type State struct {
    Data string
}

type InterfaceFuncs[T any] interface {
    Init(ctx context.Context,
        stateGetter func() T,
        stateMutator func(mutateFunc func(T) T)) error
}

type ConfigWrap[T any] struct {
    InterFuncs InterfaceFuncs[T]
}

type Controller[T any] struct {
    mapinterfaces map[string]ConfigWrap[T]
}

func New[T any](initialState T) *Controller[T] {
    return &Controller[T]{
        mapinterfaces: make(map[string]ConfigWrap[T]),
    }
}

func (c *Controller[T]) RegisterFuncs(pid string, config ConfigWrap[T]) error {
    c.mapinterfaces[pid] = config
    return nil
}

func (c *Controller[T]) InterFuncs(pid string) (*InterfaceFuncs[T], error) {

    var pp ConfigWrap[T]
    var exists bool

    if pp, exists = c.mapinterfaces[pid]; exists {
        return &pp.InterFuncs, nil
    }

    return nil, fmt.Errorf("InterFuncs not found")
}

func main() {

    ctrl := New[State](State{})

    ctrl.RegisterFuncs("something", ConfigWrap[State]{
        InterFuncs: &ImpltProcFuncs{
            Data: "get me back!!!!",
        },
    })

    // why can't we cast it back to ImpltProcFuncs
    getback, _ := ctrl.InterFuncs("something")

    // I tried to put it as interface but doesn't works either
    //// doesn't work
    switch value := any(getback).(type) {
    case ImpltProcFuncs:
        fmt.Println("working", value)
    default:
        fmt.Println("nothing")
    }

    //// doesn't work
    // tryme := any(getback).(ImpltProcFuncs) // panic: interface conversion: interface {} is *main.InterfaceFuncs[main.State], not main.ImpltProcFuncs
    // fmt.Println("please", tryme.Data)

    //// doesn't work
    // tryme := getback.(ImpltProcFuncs)

    //// doesn't work
    // switch value := getback.(type) {
    // case ImpltProcFuncs:
    //     fmt.Println("working", value)
    // }
}

type ImpltProcFuncs struct {
    Data string
}

func (p *ImpltProcFuncs) Init(
    ctx context.Context,
    stateGetter func() State,
    stateMutator func(mutateFunc func(State) State)) error {
    return nil
}

How to return ImpltProcFuncs as a variable to get Data?

What did I miss?

I think Go is capable of returning anything from interface.

Correct answer

Well, after digging deeper, you can use Bing thanks to ChatGPT...

if impl, ok := (*getback).(*ImpltProcFuncs); ok {
        fmt.Println("working", impl.Data)
    } else {
        fmt.Println("not working")
    }

When executed, it outputs "working get me back!!!!"

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