Lodash Debounce not debouncing

Try this:

s._makeSearchRequest = function() {
    console.log("making search request");
}

s.search = _.debounce( s._makeSearchRequest, 1000 );

POC: http://jsfiddle.net/bvaughn/3saj6znk/

_.debounce creates a function that debounces the function that's passed into it. What your s.search function is doing is calling _.debounce all over again every time s.search is called. This creates a whole new function every time, so there's nothing to debounce.

So the solution is to remove the arrow and the extra pair of parentheses, and make sure that s._makeSearchRequest is defined before you access it:

s._makeSearchRequest = -> console.log("making search request")

s.search = _.debounce( s._makeSearchRequest, 1000 )

Example (using JavaScript):

var s;

s = {};

s._makeSearchRequest = function(q) {
  return console.log("making search request: " + q);
};

s.search = _.debounce(s._makeSearchRequest, 1000);

// call s.search three times in a row
s.search(1);
s.search(2);
s.search(3);

// call s.search after 500 ms
setTimeout(s.search, 500, 4);

// call s.search after 3 seconds
setTimeout(s.search, 3000, 5);

// timer to show passage of time
var i = 0;
var t = setInterval(function () {
    i += 1;
    console.log(i + " seconds elapsed");
    if (i > 5) { clearInterval(t); }
}, 1000);

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