And eg an rs latch is really easy to build in factorio. As long as you allow for eg signal-0 to be used as a control signal. Just place a self-wired decider combinator with the condition signal-0=0, everything input count. It will save every number until a reset order, signal-0=1 shows up. you could create the signal-0 in a "anything not equal 0, signal-0=1" decider combinator. I have no intention of adding stuff, which can easily be automated using a small number of combinators. The only thing i might add is, if the result can only be achieved by a number of combinators growing in the amount of items+virtual signal names+fluids.
That is exactly what the other combinators do. Alphabet combinator can be used to isolate one signal, the stack size combinators allow you to calculate how many stacks a certain amount of items is and the large combinator can be used to place many signals in aconstant combinator to avoid the linear scaling in the number of different signals.