I err on the side of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_least_power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_least_power. While it's true that code is data, arbit

I err on the side of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_least_power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_least_power. While it's true that code is data, arbitrary code is a form of data that's exceptionally hard to analyze or repurpose. Text config rules out stuff like dynamically-composed names of objects and properties (which you can't search-and-replace).