sub send_data
{
    my ($self, $connection) = @_;
    my $address = eval{$$connection->peerhost};
    my $port = eval{$$connection->peerport};
    $$connection->close;
    my $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(
                                       Proto    => 'tcp',
                                       PeerAddr => $address,
                                       PeerPort => $port
                                     ) or Carp::confess $@; # <- this used to be die $!
    $sock->autoflush(1);
       syswrite($sock, $self->{data}, length($self->{data}));
    $sock->close;
}