Added an .empty() function to the objects, fixes to msgs_ack

The .empty() function returns an "empty" instance of the object
(attributes set to None). This is used rather than using reflection.

The msgs_ack handling broke stuff (InvokeWithLayer when there were
updates), so this is now handled; yet there may be a better fix

telethon/network/mtproto_sender.py

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ class MtProtoSender:
         self.updates_thread_running = False
         self.updates_thread_receiving = False
 
+        # Determine whether the received acknowledge request confirm
+        # our requests or not. This is not desired until we initialize
+        # our connection, because it breaks things when we call InvokeWithLayer
+        # TODO There might be a better way to handle msgs_ack requests
+        self.ack_requests_confirm = False
+
     def disconnect(self):
         """Disconnects and **stops all the running threads** if any"""
         self.set_listen_for_updates(enabled=False)
@@ -192,12 +198,9 @@ class MtProtoSender:
         if code == 0xa7eff811:  # bad_msg_notification
             return self.handle_bad_msg_notification(msg_id, sequence, reader)
 
-        if code == 0x62d6b459:  # msgs_ack, it may handle the request we wanted
+        # msgs_ack, it may handle the request we wanted
+        if self.ack_requests_confirm and code == 0x62d6b459:
             ack = reader.tgread_object()
-            for message_id in ack.msg_ids:
-                if message_id in self.need_confirmation:
-                    self.need_confirmation.remove(message_id)
-
             if request and request.msg_id in ack.msg_ids:
                 request.confirm_received = True
             return False

telethon/telegram_client.py

@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ class TelegramClient:
             # We're only interested in the DC options,
             # although many other options are available!
             self.dc_options = result.dc_options
+
+            # We can now enable these (for such methods such as logout)
+            self.sender.ack_requests_confirm = True
             return True
         except RPCError as error:
             print('Could not stabilise initial connection: {}'.format(error))

telethon/utils/binary_reader.py

@@ -117,14 +117,9 @@ class BinaryReader:
             # If there was still no luck, give up
             raise TypeNotFoundError(constructor_id)
 
-        # Now we need to determine the number of parameters of the class, so we can
+        # Create an empty instance of the class and
-        # instantiate it with all of them set to None, and still, no need to write
+        # fill it with the read attributes
-        # the default =None in all the classes, thus forcing the user to provide a real value
+        result = clazz.empty()
-        sig = inspect.signature(clazz.__init__)
-        params = [None] * (len(sig.parameters) - 1)  # Subtract 1 (self)
-        result = clazz(*params)  # https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#unpacking-argument-lists
-
-        # Finally, read the object and return the result
         result.on_response(self)
         return result
 

telethon_generator/tl_generator.py

@@ -132,6 +132,17 @@ class TLGenerator:
                         TLGenerator.write_onsend_code(builder, arg, tlobject.args)
                     builder.end_block()
 
+                    # Write the empty() function, which returns an "empty"
+                    # instance, in which all attributes are set to None
+                    builder.writeln('@staticmethod')
+                    builder.writeln('def empty():')
+                    builder.writeln('"""Returns an "empty" instance (all attributes are None)"""')
+                    builder.writeln('return {}({})'.format(
+                        TLGenerator.get_class_name(tlobject),
+                        ', '.join('None' for _ in range(len(args)))
+                    ))
+                    builder.end_block()
+
                     # Write the on_response(self, reader) function
                     builder.writeln('def on_response(self, reader):')
                     # Do not read constructor's ID, since that's already been read somewhere else