receive ( datagram -- bytes addrspec )
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send ( bytes addrspec datagram -- )

Vocabulary
io.sockets

Inputs

datagram

a datagram socket

Outputs

bytes	a byte-array
addrspec	an address specifier

Word description
Waits for an incoming packet on the given datagram socket. Outputs the packet data, as well as the sender's address.

Errors
Throws an error if the packet could not be received.

Definition

USING: byte-arrays sequences.private ;

IN: io.sockets

:: receive ( datagram -- bytes addrspec )
    datagram-size (byte-array) :> buf datagram-size buf datagram
    receive-unsafe :> ( count addrspec ) count buf resize
    addrspec ; inline