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+#ifndef CSV_HH
+#define CSV_HH
+
+#include "io.hh" // IWYU pragma: export
+#include "line.hh"
+
+#include <expected>
+#include <memory>
+#include <span>
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace csv {
+
+// Note that this reader is very simple, no quotes or escapes.
+// Empty lines are ignored.
+class Reader {
+ public:
+  virtual ~Reader() = default;
+
+  // Returned span is only valid until next call to read.
+  // Returns empty span at end-of-file and only then.
+  [[nodiscard]]
+  virtual std::expected<std::span<std::string_view>, io::ReadError> read() = 0;
+
+  // Starts at zero. Returns next line.
+  // So, before first read it is zero, after first read it is one.
+  [[nodiscard]] virtual uint64_t number() const = 0;
+
+ protected:
+  Reader() = default;
+
+  Reader(Reader const&) = delete;
+  Reader& operator=(Reader const&) = delete;
+};
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::unique_ptr<Reader> open(std::unique_ptr<line::Reader> reader,
+                                           char separator = ',');
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::unique_ptr<Reader> open(std::unique_ptr<io::Reader> reader,
+                                           char separator = ',');
+
+}  // namespace csv
+
+#endif  // CSV_HH