From ded655911e1e2450d02d4f6037993a2381c7d725 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lonami <totufals@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:10:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added ability to both read and write vectors*

This change affects the BinaryReader and BinaryWriter
Note that it only allows to write vectors of **TLObjects**,
not any other type
---
 telethon/utils/binary_reader.py |  8 ++++++++
 telethon/utils/binary_writer.py | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/telethon/utils/binary_reader.py b/telethon/utils/binary_reader.py
index 50fd2359..0413f12f 100755
--- a/telethon/utils/binary_reader.py
+++ b/telethon/utils/binary_reader.py
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ class BinaryReader:
         result.on_response(self)
         return result
 
+    def tgread_vector(self):
+        """Reads a vector (a list) of Telegram objects"""
+        if 0x1cb5c415 != self.read_int(signed=False):
+            raise ValueError('Invalid constructor code, vector was expected')
+
+        count = self.read_int()
+        return [self.tgread_object() for _ in range(count)]
+
     # endregion
 
     def close(self):
diff --git a/telethon/utils/binary_writer.py b/telethon/utils/binary_writer.py
index b448750a..026d139c 100755
--- a/telethon/utils/binary_writer.py
+++ b/telethon/utils/binary_writer.py
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ class BinaryWriter:
         value = 0 if datetime is None else int(datetime.timestamp())
         self.write_int(value)
 
+    def tgwrite_object(self, tlobject):
+        """Writes a Telegram object"""
+        tlobject.on_send(self)
+
+    def tgwrite_vector(self, vector):
+        """Writes a vector of Telegram objects"""
+        self.write_int(0x1cb5c415, signed=False)  # Vector's constructor ID
+        self.write_int(len(vector))
+        for item in vector:
+            self.tgwrite_object(item)
+
     # endregion
 
     def flush(self):