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doc: clarify dgram socket.send() multi-buffer support
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Fixes: #5124
See: #4374
PR-URL: #5130
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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mcollina committed Feb 8, 2016
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If `multicastInterface` is not specified, the operating system will attempt to
drop membership on all valid interfaces.

### socket.send(buf, [offset, length,] port, address[, callback])
### socket.send(msg, [offset, length,] port, address[, callback])

* `buf` Buffer object, string, or an array of either. Message to be
* `msg` Buffer object, string, or an array of either. Message to be
sent.
* `offset` Integer. Offset in the buffer where the message starts.
* `length` Integer. Number of bytes in the message.
* `offset` Integer. Optional. Offset in the buffer where the message starts.
* `length` Integer. Optional. Number of bytes in the message.
* `port` Integer. Destination port.
* `address` String. Destination hostname or IP address.
* `callback` Function. Called when the message has been sent. Optional.

Broadcasts a datagram on the socket. The destination `port` and `address` must
be specified.

The `buf` argument is a [`Buffer`] object containing the message. The `offset`
and `length` specify the offset within the `Buffer` where the message begins
and the number of bytes in the message, respectively. With messages that
The `msg` argument containins the message to be sent.
Depending on its type, different behavior can apply. If `msg` is a `Buffer`,
the `offset` and `length` specify the offset within the `Buffer` where the
message begins and the number of bytes in the message, respectively.
If `msg` is a `String`, then it is automatically converted to a `Buffer`
with `'utf8'` enecoding. With messages that
contain multi-byte characters, `offset` and `length` will be calculated with
respect to [byte length][] and not the character position.
If `msg` is an array, `offset` and `length` must not be specified.

The `address` argument is a string. If the value of `address` is a host name,
DNS will be used to resolve the address of the host. If the `address` is not
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