[msla]

> You pass around objects instead of trying to parse strings and things.

That can't be very good for debuggability.

[pzone]

Type checking and calling help methods can be useful for debuggability! If you want to figure out what you're looking at in string format, call its .ToString method.

[msla]

Adding extra complexity just means more to go wrong. Plain text can't really go wrong because anything can use it, anything can edit it, anything can show it. With "objects" I'm betting that Powershell itself never fails.