add ignore

docs/conf.py

@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@
     "numpydoc",
 ]
 
-mypy_module_names = [
-    "yaml",
-]
-
 napoleon_google_docstring = False
 napoleon_numpy_docstring = True
 
@@ -85,6 +81,9 @@
     ("py:class", "typing_extensions.Literal"),
 ]
 
+# Exclude the 'PyYAML' module from type checking
+autodoc_mock_imports = ["yaml"]
+
 # Both the class’ and the __init__ method’s docstring are concatenated and
 # inserted into the main body of the autoclass directive
 autoclass_content = "both"

src/ophyd_async/core/_device/device_save_loader.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def get_signal_RWs_from_device(
     return signalRWs
 
 
-def save_device(device: Device, savename: str, ignore: Union[None, List[str]] = None):
+def save_device(device: Device, savename: str, ignore: List[str] = []):
     """
     Plan to save the setup of a device by getting a list of its signals and their
     readback values
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ def save_device(device: Device, savename: str, ignore: Union[None, List[str]] =
         for phase in phase_dicts:
             signal_name_values: Dict[str, Any] = {}
             for signal_name in phase.keys():
+                if signal_name in ignore:
+                    continue
                 signal_name_values[signal_name] = signal_values[signal_value_index]
                 signal_value_index += 1