# Send `data` to `dest_address` on `port`
	#
	# On error, sets `error` appropriately.
	fun send_to(dest_address: Text, port: Int, data: Text)
	do
		var hostent = sys.gethostbyname(dest_address.to_cstring)
		if hostent.address_is_null then
			error = new IOError.from_h_errno
			return
		end

		var dest = new NativeSocketAddrIn
		dest.fill_from_hostent hostent
		dest.port = port
		native.setsockopt(new NativeSocketOptLevels.socket, new NativeSocketOptNames.broadcast, 1)

		var buf = data.to_cstring
		if native.sendto(buf, data.length, 0, dest) == -1 then
			error = new IOError.from_errno
		end
		dest.free
	end