We may go for a lateral kind of solution, and instead of having the function avoid repeated clicks, we might just remove the possibility of clicking altogether. The following code does just that; the first thing that billTheUser() does is remove the onclick handler from the button, so no further calls will be possible:
function billTheUser(some, sales, data) { document.getElementById("billButton").onclick = null; window.alert("Billing the user..."); // actually bill the user}
This solution also has some problems:
- The code is tightly coupled to the button, so you won't be able to reuse it elsewhere.
- You must remember to reset the handler, otherwise, the user won't be able to make a second buy.
- Testing will ...
