Would it be possible to add support for merging of vanilla/modded linked chests?

A passive notice could be added that only the top-leftmost linked-chest link-number in each merged group will be preserved, but otherwise, merging works as usual.
- larger inventory slot count
- larger physical size on map, ergo interactible via multiple loaders/inserters/entities.

Thanks! 😊

Linked chests already share inventory, isn't that already basically same as having them merged? Can't you just place down more linked chests next to each other to increase the surface area?

Surface area, yes, but the inventory slot count remains the same.

I realize as I type this, it would be impossible to have one localized spot where a Linked Chest has an increased slot count due to being merged, but the same chest link somewhere else as a singleton...both would...yet shouldn't have an increased slot count.

Nevermind, thanks for rubber-ducking this one. Linked chests are OP enough anyway withiut giving them hundreds of extra inventory slots.