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Compiler is forgetting the basetype of an extended type when that type is generic #28280

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I have only done TS for about a 3/4 of a month, and JS for less than 2 months, so maybe I'm just doing someting fundamentally wrong, but after questioning people that have done this for some time I think these are some compiler-issues.

On an somewhat related note, if any of you managed to implement the 'Basic example' from here in TS without errors or using //@ts-ignore please let me know. Also why is 'Proxy' in the ES2015 lib and not in the 'ES6' lib, and whats the difference between these libs?

TypeScript Version: 3.1.5 and 3.2.0-dev.20181101

Search Terms: generic, extend, extended, base-type, basetype, type

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// ------------------- with generic type -------------------//
const extGenTypeFactory = <TObj extends Object>(specialObj: TObj) => {
    /**
     * Throws 'TS2312: An interface may only extend a class or another interface.'. 
     * Doesnt compile the stuff using the interfaces and themself
     */
    interface TExtObj extends TObj {
        newAttr: any
    }
    // works
    let newObj = specialObj;

    let extObj: TExtObj
    // This particular issue is Solved in 3.2, keeping it for understanding of the comment line
    // TS2698: 'Spread types may only be created from object types.'. 
    extObj = {
        ...specialObj,
        newAttr: "some other"
    }
    return extObj
}

// Tried to evade problem with suggestion from 'Why doesn't type inference work on this interface: interface Foo<T> { } ?'
const obj = extGenTypeFactory({ attr: "take that" })

// works fine
const genTypeFactory= <TObj>(specialObj: TObj) => {
    return specialObj;
}
// \------------------- with generic type -------------------//

// ------------------- with known type -------------------//
interface TObj extends Object {
    hasAttr: any
}
/**
 * Works fine.
 */
interface TExtObj extends TObj {
    newAttr: any
}
// \------------------- with known type -------------------//

Expected behavior:
Compiles without error
Actual behavior:
Throws TS2312 and TS2698
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