removeEventListener on anonymous functions in JavaScript

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if you are inside the actual function, you can use arguments.callee as a reference to the function. as in:

button.addEventListener('click', function() {
      ///this will execute only once
      alert('only once!');
      this.removeEventListener('click', arguments.callee);
});

EDIT:
This will not work if you are working in strict mode ("use strict";)

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