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> You have mentioned that this antiblink is redundant when using things
> like electric-pair-mode, in which case the mode merely slows down the
> processing.  The same is true of CC Mode, where there are no
> unterminated strings.

There's are still the issues of unterminated comments.

> These are good reasons for making antiblink easy to disable.

The intention is that when it's not useful it's harmless.
IOW if there's a good reason to turn it off, it's probably a bug.


        Stefan