[Catalyst] template design issue: varibales stand-alone components

[Malcolm]

On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Gene Selkov wrote:

> I understood as much. The problem I am grappling with is the complexity of
> the web pages I have to present, with many different states and
> transitions. There is no way I can code for that with a single template.
>
> I am used to the idea that I can have a parent template (autohandler in
> Mason), which provides basic navigation and status display for the site;

Is there any reason for not using Mason? I've been using it with Catalyst 
without any problems.