diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/tests/CModelElementsTests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/tests/CModelElementsTests.java
index d33d356ae7b..7cdf2374137 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/tests/CModelElementsTests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/tests/CModelElementsTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2011 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class CModelElementsTests extends TestCase {
 		super(name);
 	}
 		
+	@Override
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
 		monitor = new NullProgressMonitor();
 		fCProject= CProjectHelper.createCCProject("TestProject1", "bin", IPDOMManager.ID_FAST_INDEXER);
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ public class CModelElementsTests extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	
+	@Override
 	protected void tearDown() {
 		  CProjectHelper.delete(fCProject);
 	}	
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ public class CModelElementsTests extends TestCase {
 		checkArrays(tu);
 		
 		checkBug180815(tu);
+		checkBug352350(tu);
 	}
 
 	// https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180815
@@ -144,6 +147,18 @@ public class CModelElementsTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals(2, struct.getChildren().length);
 	}
 
+	// https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=352350
+	private void checkBug352350(IParent parent) throws CModelException {
+		List namespaces = parent.getChildrenOfType(ICElement.C_NAMESPACE);
+		assertEquals(2, namespaces.size());
+		for (Object o : namespaces) {
+			INamespace namespace = (INamespace)o;
+			if (namespace.getElementName().length() == 0) {
+				assertTrue(namespace.equals(namespace));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
 	private void checkInclude(IParent tu) throws CModelException{
 		List tuIncludes = tu.getChildrenOfType(ICElement.C_INCLUDE);
 		IInclude inc1 = (IInclude) tuIncludes.get(0);
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/resources/cfiles/CModelElementsTestStart.h b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/resources/cfiles/CModelElementsTestStart.h
index 45bfd1fb15e..df422c6e855 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/resources/cfiles/CModelElementsTestStart.h
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/resources/cfiles/CModelElementsTestStart.h
@@ -139,3 +139,8 @@ namespace MyPackage
 struct bug180815 {
 	int i,j;
 } bug180815_var0, bug180815_var1;
+
+// https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=352350
+namespace {
+  int bug352350;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CElement.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CElement.java
index 349b9cc4909..2624bc16bfc 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CElement.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CElement.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2011 QNX Software Systems and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.PlatformObject;
 
-/**
- * TLETODO Document CElement.
- *
- * @since 5.0
- */
 public abstract class CElement extends PlatformObject implements ICElement {
 	
 	public static final char CEM_ESCAPE = '\\';
@@ -270,12 +265,15 @@ public abstract class CElement extends PlatformObject implements ICElement {
 	}
 	
 	public static boolean equals(ICElement lhs, ICElement rhs) {
+		if (lhs == rhs) {
+			return true;
+		}
 		if (lhs.getElementType() != rhs.getElementType()) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		String lhsName= lhs.getElementName();
 		String rhsName= rhs.getElementName();
-		if( lhsName == null || rhsName == null || lhsName.length() == 0 ||
+		if( lhsName == null || rhsName == null || lhsName.length() != rhsName.length() ||
 				!lhsName.equals(rhsName)) {
 			return false;
 		}