utils: Make memoize() use a weakref for the first parameter
When used on methods, this avoids keeping a reference over the instances alive forever even when nothing else apart from the cache needs it anymore.
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When used on methods, this avoids keeping a reference over the instances alive forever even when nothing else apart from the cache needs it anymore.