```python
"""How many days lie between two proleptic Gregorian calendar dates."""

MONTH_LENGTHS = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]

def _is_leap(year):
    return year % 4 == 0

def _month_length(year, month):
    if month == 2 and _is_leap(year):
        return 29
    return MONTH_LENGTHS[month - 1]

def _to_ordinal(date):
    year, month, day = date
    prior = year - 1
    days = prior * 365 + prior // 4
    for earlier in range(1, month):
        days += _month_length(year, earlier)
    return days + day

def span_days(start: list, end: list) -> int:
    if len(start) != 3 or len(end) != 3:
        raise ValueError("start and end must be lists of length 3")
    for component in start + end:
        if not isinstance(component, int):
            raise ValueError("All components must be integers")
    if start > end:
        raise ValueError("start date must be before end date")
    return _to_ordinal(end) - _to_ordinal(start)
```