diff --git a/src/data/CCRingBuffer.ml b/src/data/CCRingBuffer.ml
index d860de1b..d571d6f7 100644
--- a/src/data/CCRingBuffer.ml
+++ b/src/data/CCRingBuffer.ml
@@ -115,9 +115,101 @@ module Array = struct
 
 end
 
-module Make(Array:Array.S) =
+module type S =
+sig
+
+  module Array : Array.S
+
+  type t = private {
+    mutable start : int;
+    mutable stop : int; (* excluded *)
+    mutable buf : Array.t;
+    bounded: bool;
+    size : int
+  }
+  exception Empty
+
+  val create : ?bounded:bool -> int -> t
+  (** [create ?bounded size] creates a new buffer with given size.
+      Defaults to [bounded=false]. *)
+
+  val copy : t -> t
+  (** fresh copy of the buffer *)
+
+  val capacity : t -> int
+  (** length of the inner buffer *)
+
+  val max_capacity : t -> int option
+  (** maximum length of the inner buffer, or [None] if unbounded. *)
+
+  val length : t -> int
+  (** number of elements currently stored in the buffer *)
+
+  val blit_from : t -> Array.t -> int -> int -> unit
+  (** [blit_from buf from_buf o len] copies the slice [o, ... o + len - 1] from
+      a input buffer [from_buf] to the end of the buffer.
+      @raise Invalid_argument if [o,len] is not a valid slice of [s] *)
+
+  val blit_into : t ->  Array.t -> int -> int -> int
+  (** [blit_into buf to_buf o len] copies at most [len] elements from [buf]
+      into [to_buf] starting at offset [o] in [s].
+      @return the number of elements actually copied ([min len (length buf)]).
+      @raise Invalid_argument if [o,len] is not a valid slice of [s] *)
+
+  val to_list : t -> Array.elt list
+  (** extract the current content into a list *)
+
+  val clear : t -> unit
+  (** clear the content of the buffer. Doesn't actually destroy the content. *)
+
+  val reset : t -> unit
+  (** clear the content of the buffer, and also resize it to a default size *)
+
+  val is_empty :t -> bool
+  (** is the buffer empty (i.e. contains no elements)? *)
+
+  val next : t -> Array.elt
+  (** obtain next element (the first one of the buffer)
+      @raise Empty if the buffer is empty *)
+
+  val junk : t -> unit
+  (** Drop next element.
+      @raise Empty if the buffer is already empty *)
+
+  val skip : t -> int -> unit
+  (** [skip b len] removes [len] elements from [b].
+      @raise Invalid_argument if [len > length b]. *)
+
+  val iteri : t -> (int -> Array.elt -> unit) -> unit
+  (** [iteri b f] calls [f i t] for each element [t] in [buf], with [i]
+      being its relative index within [buf]. *)
+
+  val get : t -> int -> Array.elt
+  (** [get buf i] returns the [i]-th element of [buf], ie the one that
+      is returned by [next buf] after [i-1] calls to [junk buf].
+      @raise Invalid_argument if the index is invalid (> [length buf]) *)
+
+  val push_back : t -> Array.elt -> unit
+  (** Push value at the back *)
+
+  val peek_front : t -> Array.elt
+  (** First value, or Empty *)
+
+  val peek_back : t -> Array.elt
+  (** Last value, or Empty *)
+
+  val take_back : t -> Array.elt
+  (** Take last value, or raise Empty *)
+
+  val take_front : t -> Array.elt
+  (** Take first value, or raise Empty *)
+
+end
+
+module Make_array(Array:Array.S) =
 struct
 
+  module Array = Array
   type t = {
     mutable start : int;
     mutable stop : int; (* excluded *)
@@ -346,3 +438,11 @@ struct
                          (if b.stop = 0 then capacity b - 1 else b.stop-1)
 end
 
+module Bytes = Make_array(Array.ByteArray)
+module Floats = Make_array(Array.FloatArray)
+module Ints = Make_array(Array.IntArray)
+module Bools = Make_array(Array.BoolArray)
+
+module Make(Elt:sig type t end) = Make_array(Array.Make(Elt))
+
+
diff --git a/src/data/CCRingBuffer.mli b/src/data/CCRingBuffer.mli
index 1affaaf9..6a10322f 100644
--- a/src/data/CCRingBuffer.mli
+++ b/src/data/CCRingBuffer.mli
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ module Array : sig
 
 end
 
-
-module Make : functor (Array:Array.S) ->
+module type S =
 sig
 
+  module Array : Array.S
+
   type t = private {
     mutable start : int;
     mutable stop : int; (* excluded *)
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ sig
     bounded: bool;
     size : int
   }
-
   exception Empty
 
   val create : ?bounded:bool -> int -> t
@@ -151,3 +151,12 @@ sig
   (** Take first value, or raise Empty *)
 
 end
+
+module Make_array : functor (Array:Array.S) -> S with module Array = Array
+
+module Bytes : S with module Array = Array.ByteArray
+module Floats : S with module Array = Array.FloatArray
+module Ints : S with module Array = Array.IntArray
+module Bools : S with module Array = Array.BoolArray
+
+module Make: functor(Elt:sig type t end) -> S with module Array = Array.Make(Elt)