I believe you have to tag with optional="true"  when omitting the value:

    <param name="x" type="integer" optional="true" help="the x param"/>


Hi,

If I have a tool wrapper with this:

    <param name="x" type="integer" help="the x param"/>

I get an error when I start Galaxy:

galaxy.tools ERROR 2012-09-19 12:09:08,056 Error reading tool from
path: RGalaxy_test_tool/foo.xml
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py",
line 332, in load_tool_tag_set
    tool = self.load_tool( os.path.join( tool_path, path ), guid=guid )
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py",
line 450, in load_tool
    return ToolClass( config_file, root, self.app, guid=guid )
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py",
line 788, in __init__
    self.parse( root, guid=guid )
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py",
line 959, in parse
    self.parse_inputs( root )
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py",
line 1043, in parse_inputs
    display, inputs = self.parse_input_page( page, enctypes )
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py",
line 1439, in parse_input_page
    inputs = self.parse_input_elem( input_elem, enctypes )
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py",
line 1532, in parse_input_elem
    param = self.parse_param_elem( elem, enctypes, context )
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py",
line 1544, in parse_param_elem
    param = ToolParameter.build( self, input_elem )
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/parameters/basic.py",
line 176, in build
    return parameter_types[param_type]( tool, param )
  File "/Users/dtenenba/dev/galaxy-dist/lib/galaxy/tools/parameters/basic.py",
line 228, in __init__
    raise ValueError( "The settings for the field named '%s' require a
'value' setting and optionally a default value which must be an
integer" % self.name )
ValueError: The settings for the field named 'x' require a 'value'
setting and optionally a default value which must be an integer

However, according to the documentation:
http://wiki.g2.bx.psu.edu/Admin/Tools/Tool%20Config%20Syntax#A.3Cparam.3E_tag_set

The "value" attribute to the param tag is not required.

It's easy to work around this, by adding value="", but I'm wondering
if it's a bug, documentation or otherwise.

Thanks,
Dan

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