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gen_event links subscribers to the server and doesn’t unlink processes when they unsubscribe from a publisher

As Erlang Inside has been quiet lately we’ll publish a technical question.

Should gen_event unlink processes when they unsubscribe from a publisher? Fernando Benavides, our Erlang development lead at Inaka Networks, found this issue with gen_event. Is this behavior by design?