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A cache that does not leak
Implement class WeakCache:
- put(key, obj) stores a WEAK reference to obj under key
- get(key) returns the live object, or None once it has been garbage-collected (or was never put)
- optional default_factory(key) builds and caches the object on a miss (also weakly)
Graded probe: objects are created with no strong references left; after gc.collect(), get must return None โ a strong-reference cache fails this.
Difficulty: advanced
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