[Templates] Problem with HASH.size vs ARRAY.size

[apv]

So, I've messed around with .list and []s everywhere and I can't make  
this work.

Doing this (DBIx::Class underneath):
[% comments = article.comments(status => 'approved') %]
<h2>comment count: [% comments.size %]</h2>

If there are more than one; it works fine. "comments" is an array ref  
of comment objects.

If there is only one comment, it returns a single comment object  
(HASH) and instead of getting "1" for the comment count, we get the  
key/val pair count. Is there something simple I'm missing? If  
possible, I don't want to resort to installing "ref" methods in the  
OPS tables; or whatever else.

-Ashley