diff --git a/src/csv/read-csv.cc b/src/csv/read-csv.cc
index 5274d12..002922b 100644
--- a/src/csv/read-csv.cc
+++ b/src/csv/read-csv.cc
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace kraken::csv {
 
-namespace {
-
-// for convenience, use a stringstream which does not accept string_view inputs
-csv_line_type parse_line(std::string const& line) {
+csv_line_type read_csv_line(std::string const& line) {
     auto parsed = csv_line_type{};
 
     auto input = std::istringstream(line);
@@ -18,8 +15,6 @@ csv_line_type parse_line(std::string const& line) {
     return parsed;
 }
 
-} // namespace
-
 csv_type read_csv(std::istream& input, CsvHeader header) {
     auto parsed = std::vector<csv_line_type>{};
 
@@ -30,7 +25,7 @@ csv_type read_csv(std::istream& input, CsvHeader header) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        parsed.emplace_back(parse_line(std::move(line)));
+        parsed.emplace_back(read_csv_line(std::move(line)));
     }
 
     return parsed;
diff --git a/src/csv/read-csv.hh b/src/csv/read-csv.hh
index 674da6a..6e0542a 100644
--- a/src/csv/read-csv.hh
+++ b/src/csv/read-csv.hh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ enum class CsvHeader {
     KEEP,
 };
 
+/// Parse a single CSV line, no error checking.
+csv_line_type read_csv_line(std::string const& input);
+
 /// Parse a CSV file from an input-stream, return a vector of parsed lines.
 csv_type read_csv(std::istream& input, CsvHeader header = CsvHeader::SKIP);