RE: Network.recvFrom strangeness

The declaration of Network.recvFrom looks strange:

recvFrom :: HostName -> PortID -> IO String

I thought that recvFrom should _return_ the address of the peer, not require it as an argument? At least that's what the corresponding 4.4BSD routine does:

Network.Socket.recvFrom is what you want, probably. Network.recvFrom is of dubious utility. Cheers, Simon