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diff --git a/lib/standard/string.nit b/lib/standard/string.nit
index aa757b7..b02ff9b 100644
--- a/lib/standard/string.nit
+++ b/lib/standard/string.nit
@@ -249,6 +249,16 @@ abstract class Text
 	#     assert "ff".to_hex == 255
 	fun to_hex: Int do return a_to(16)
 
+	# If `self` contains only digits <= '7', return the corresponding integer.
+	#
+	#     assert "714".to_oct == 460
+	fun to_oct: Int do return a_to(8)
+
+	# If `self` contains only '0' et '1', return the corresponding integer.
+	#
+	#     assert "101101".to_bin == 45
+	fun to_bin: Int do return a_to(2)
+
 	# If `self` contains only digits and letters, return the corresponding integer in a given base
 	#
 	#     assert "120".a_to(3)     == 15
@@ -888,8 +898,8 @@ abstract class Text
 	#
 	# REQUIRE: `n` must be large enough to contain `len` bytes
 	#
-	# 	var ns = new NativeString(8)
-	# 	"Text is String".copy_to_native(ns, 8, 2, 0)
+	#	var ns = new NativeString(8)
+	#	"Text is String".copy_to_native(ns, 8, 2, 0)
 	#	assert ns.to_s_with_length(8) == "xt is St"
 	#
 	fun copy_to_native(dest: NativeString, n, src_offset, dest_offset: Int) do
@@ -935,7 +945,7 @@ abstract class FlatText
 	# copy locally the char* as Nit Strings are immutable.
 	private fun fast_cstring: NativeString is abstract
 
-	redef var length: Int = 0
+	redef var length = 0
 
 	redef fun output
 	do
@@ -1184,7 +1194,7 @@ class FlatString
 	# Indes in _items of the last item of the string
 	private var index_to: Int is noinit
 
-	redef var chars: SequenceRead[Char] = new FlatStringCharView(self) is lazy
+	redef var chars = new FlatStringCharView(self) is lazy
 
 	redef fun [](index)
 	do
@@ -1309,8 +1319,7 @@ class FlatString
 		index_to = to
 	end
 
-	redef fun to_cstring: NativeString
-	do
+	redef fun to_cstring do
 		if real_items != null then
 			return real_items.as(not null)
 		else
@@ -1728,8 +1737,7 @@ class FlatBuffer
 		capacity = c
 	end
 
-	redef fun to_s: String
-	do
+	redef fun to_s do
 		written = true
 		if length == 0 then items = new NativeString(1)
 		return new FlatString.with_infos(items, length, 0, length - 1)
@@ -2027,6 +2035,26 @@ redef class Bool
 	end
 end
 
+redef class Byte
+	# C function to calculate the length of the `NativeString` to receive `self`
+	private fun byte_to_s_len: Int is extern "native_byte_length_str"
+
+	# C function to convert an nit Int to a NativeString (char*)
+	private fun native_byte_to_s(nstr: NativeString, strlen: Int) is extern "native_byte_to_s"
+
+	# Displayable byte in its hexadecimal form (0x..)
+	#
+	#     assert 1.to_b.to_s       == "0x01"
+	#     assert (-123).to_b.to_s  == "0x85"
+	redef fun to_s do
+		var nslen = byte_to_s_len
+		var ns = new NativeString(nslen + 1)
+		ns[nslen] = '\0'
+		native_byte_to_s(ns, nslen + 1)
+		return ns.to_s_with_length(nslen)
+	end
+end
+
 redef class Int
 
 	# Wrapper of strerror C function