These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

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[ebuild  N     ] dev-libs/libpcre-8.45-r4:3::gentoo  USE="bzip2 cxx jit pcre16 readline (unicode) zlib -libedit -pcre32 -static-libs -valgrind" 1542 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] sys-libs/slang-2.3.3-r2::gentoo  USE="pcre png readline zlib -cjk -static-libs" 1608 KiB
[ebuild  N     ] app-editors/lpe-1.2.8_p20210401::gentoo  USE="nls" 821 KiB

Total: 3 packages (3 new), Size of downloads: 3970 KiB