> YMMV, but in general; I would strong discourage using inheritance as > an extension/customization mechanism. Been there, burned myself a lot > and won't go there again.
I tend to agree. In many cases, inheritance has worked well for us (the Component hierarchy is probably the best example) - however, in other cases, I think that composition would be more effective. This is actually another change I will be proposing for Pivot 3.0. G