[travoc]

It was a data update that triggered a software bug. It was not a software update. I don't think it's reasonable to make data updates illegal.

[CoastalCoder]

I'm a general purpose computer, the distinction between software and data can be pretty fuzzy.

[duped]

This distinction is meaningless at best and harmful at worst.

If a code path isn't followed until a config file updates, that is practically the same thing as the code path being introduced by the update.

[fire_lake]

Code is data and data is code

[surfingdino]

Unless you use PIC controllers with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_architecture