I've also thought about this a few times. It's a pity that the SCID (Source Code in Database) paradigm never really caught on. It would make things such as repr

I've also thought about this a few times. It's a pity that the SCID (Source Code in Database) paradigm never really caught on. It would make things such as representing the same code with different syntax (depending on user preference) possible. It also makes refactoring/renaming easy as names are only stored in one place, the rest refers to the same 'entity'. And you're right, best practices for data formats are applied everywhere except for code. After all, we're now in 2011 and still using old-fashioned text files.