diff --git a/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm b/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
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+package Subtitle::BASE;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use feature qw(switch);
+use utf8;
+
+sub log {
+  my ($self, $level, $msg) = @_;
+
+  given ($level) {
+    when ("error") { push @{ $self->{log} }, "E: $msg"; }
+    when ("warn")  { push @{ $self->{log} }, "W: $msg"; }
+    when ("info")  { push @{ $self->{log} }, "I: $msg"; }
+    when ("debug") { push @{ $self->{log} }, "D: $msg" if $self->{debug}; }
+    default { warn "Unknown loglevel $level of $msg\n"; }
+  }
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+sub chomp {
+  my ($self, $line) = @_;
+  return unless defined $line;
+  return $line =~ s/[\r\n]+$//or;
+}
+
+sub trim {
+  my ($self, $line) = @_;
+  return unless defined $line;
+  return $line =~ s/(^\s+|\s+$)//or;
+}
+
+1;