requires_reference() — langchain Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the requires_reference() function in base.py from the langchain codebase.

Function python LangChainCore LanguageModelBase

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LangChainCore→ LanguageModelBase→ requires_reference() — langchain Function Reference

Dependency Diagram

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  e6333041_afe4_af13_ee74_a7ac732f022f["EmbeddingDistanceEvalChain"]
  543eb746_98bd_f8fe_04de_8542851532f3 -->|defined in| e6333041_afe4_af13_ee74_a7ac732f022f
  style 543eb746_98bd_f8fe_04de_8542851532f3 fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

libs/langchain/langchain_classic/evaluation/embedding_distance/base.py lines 360–366

    def requires_reference(self) -> bool:
        """Return whether the chain requires a reference.

        Returns:
            True if a reference is required, `False` otherwise.
        """
        return True