socket.recvfrom [method]

socket.recvfrom( int maxlength[, int flags ])

attempt to receive at most maxlength bytes of pending data, return address of sender with data

• socket may block if blocking is enabled and there's no data at the moment
  • maximum blocking time is determined by socket's recv_timeout property
• return values:
  • false if there was an error
  • byte buffer containing 1 - maxlength bytes and socket_address if read was successful