Merge #9544: [trivial] Add end of namespace comments. Improve consistency.

5a9b508 [trivial] Add end of namespace comments (practicalswift)

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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md
index a7fb4b4da1..81bdcc9fdb 100644
--- a/doc/developer-notes.md
+++ b/doc/developer-notes.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public:
         return true;
     }
 }
-}
+} // namespace foo
 ```
 
 Doxygen comments
@@ -438,6 +438,21 @@ Source code organization
 
   - *Rationale*: Avoids symbol conflicts
 
+- Terminate namespaces with a comment (`// namespace mynamespace`). The comment
+  should be placed on the same line as the brace closing the namespace, e.g.
+
+```c++
+namespace mynamespace {
+    ...
+} // namespace mynamespace
+
+namespace {
+    ...
+} // namespace
+```
+
+  - *Rationale*: Avoids confusion about the namespace context
+
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