When SpacesInParentheses is set to true clang-format does not add a space before a global namespace variable. For example this is the output of clang-format for a somewhat contrived exampled.
#include <iostream>
void print_val( std::ostream &s ) { s << "Hello world" << std::endl; }
int main( void ) {
  print_val(::std::cout );
  return 0;
}The .clang-format looked like
Language: Cpp SpacesInParentheses: true