Feature #14465: rename/alias and then obsolete UDPSocket::send

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[mcr (Michael Richardson)]

The method name "send" on UDPSocket https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.5.0/libdoc/socket/rdoc/UDPSocket.html#method-i-send is confusing and inconsistent.
The underlying libc method is called sendto(2) (or sendmsg()). The method "send" is confused with https://ruby-doc.org/core-2.5.0/Object.html#method-i-send
I suggest:

1. we rename it to sendto, leaving an alias.
2. mark UDPSocket::send as obsoleted
3. remove it in a future version

Some things like Celluloid::IO and the like will need encouragement to duck type the new interface sooner.

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

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