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class Foo {
 public:
   Foo() : myfoo(NULL) {};

   void eat_cheese(std::string type) {
     //...
   }

   static Foo* TheFoo(int index) {
     if (myfoo == NULL) {
       myfoo = new Foo();
     }
     return myfoo;
   };

 private:
   static Foo* myfoo;

   int age;
   double height;
};

void make_elliott_happy(int foo, int bar, double baz) {
  Foo* foo = TheFoo();
  foo->age = foo;
  // ...
}

void eat_cheese(Foo* foo, std::string name) {
  foo->eat_cheese(name);
}

int main(labla) {
  // ...
  unsigned long int foo = Foo::TheFoo();
  make_elliott_happy(foo, blablabla, bar);
  eat_cheese(foo, blablabla);
}