I'm pretty sure what was meant by 'code is data' is that a lot of OOP training encourages you to "bundle the code and the data in an object". People take that

I'm pretty sure what was meant by 'code is data' is that a lot of OOP training encourages you to "bundle the code and the data in an object". People take that to heart, and...bundle code and data into objects. Whether or not those functions and that data really belong in the same object is an afterthought, if considered at all.