I've made a poll
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?295865-Hiding-3D-cursor-use-cases-%28poll%29
Most probably auto-hiding in some modes won't draw any objections,
though I'm curious what the results of the poll turn out to be.
I'll try to make a patch that hides 3D cursor based in Paint/Sculpt
modes in the meantime :-)

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A lot of editing still depends on a 3d cursor to exist, hiding it completely 
> is not good feature, unless it bypasses every call that uses the 3d cursor.
>
> For us now, a useful hiding for 3d cursor is in special edit modes like paint 
> or sculpt (assuming it is not used).
>
> -Ton-
>
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> On 9 Jun, 2013, at 14:18, Dima Glibitsky wrote:
>
>> Hi, thanks for the quick reply :)
>> Perhaps the main question is, then, if there are any cases when users
>> want to hide the cursor in the Object mode. I'll try to ask that on
>> the BlenderArtists.
>> I can imagine that some CAD-like addons might use the option to
>> disable the default cursor to display something more advanced instead
>> (e.g. local coordinate axes/planes). In this case, non-coders won't
>> have to know about the existence of this setting.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If painting and sculpting doesn't require use of the 3d cursor, it can be 
>>> just hidden by the mode itself? Options and more buttons don't make using 
>>> Blender easier. We have too many already :)
>>>
>>> -Ton-
>>>
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>>> Ton Roosendaal  -  [email protected]   -   www.blender.org
>>> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute
>>> Entrepotdok 57A  -  1018AD Amsterdam  -  The Netherlands
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9 Jun, 2013, at 13:27, Dima Glibitsky wrote:
>>>
>>>> Adds a View3D setting to hide 3D cursor.
>>>>
>>>> In python: SpaceView3D.show_cursor
>>>> In C: V3D_HIDE_CURSOR (#defined as 16 for v3d->flag)
>>>>
>>>> This feature has been long requested by some users, the main
>>>> motivation being that 3D cursor distracts them during the
>>>> sculpting/painting process:
>>>> http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?243932-Hiding-3D-Cursor
>>>> http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?266381-Turn-off-3d-cursor
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5SqZz9PTlQ
>>>>
>>>> Patch tracker page: 
>>>> projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=35685
>>>> The patch: http://www.pasteall.org/42942/diff
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