Length of a Collection in EL?

[Neal Haggard]

 
I need to be able to get the length of a collection in JSF EL.  Is there a way 
to do it?  Looking at JSP 2.0 EL (which JSF uses) it allows for functions, 
specifically the pre-defined length() function.  However, when I try using that 
with MyFaces I get an exception saying functions are not allowed.  Is there a 
reason this was done?  It seems like an awful handy feature of EL to throw 
away.  Anyone hacked MyFaces to allow functions to be used?