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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def serialize_bytes(data):
 """Write bytes by using Telegram guidelines"""

        if not isinstance(data, bytes):
            if isinstance(data, str):
                data = data.encode('utf-8')
            else:
                raise TypeError(
                    'bytes or str expected, not {}'.format(type(data)))

        r = []
        if len(data) < 254:
            padding = (len(data) + 1) % 4
            if padding != 0:
                padding = 4 - padding

            r.append(bytes([len(data)]))
            r.append(data)

        else:
            padding = len(data) % 4
            if padding != 0:
                padding = 4 - padding

            r.append(bytes([
                254,
                len(data) % 256,
                (len(data) >> 8) % 256,
                (len(data) >> 16) % 256
            ]))
            r.append(data)

        r.append(bytes(padding))
        return b''.join(r)