# Code-as-Data Representation

> The requirement that a program's code be representable in the same data structures the language manipulates.

Record: `lex:code-as-data-representation`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-code-as-data-representation

## category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## referenced-by

- [Homoiconicity](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/homoiconicity.md)