feat(address): add MustValAddressFromBech32 function

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (x/auth/vesting) [#17810](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17810) Add the ability to specify a start time for continuous vesting accounts.
 * (runtime) [#18475](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18475) Adds an implementation for core.branch.Service.
 * (baseapp) [#18499](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18499) Add `MsgRouter` response type from message name function.
+* (address) [#18768](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18768) Add MustValAddressFromBech32 function.
 
 ### Improvements
 

types/address.go

@@ -362,6 +362,16 @@ func ValAddressFromBech32(address string) (addr ValAddress, err error) {
 	return ValAddress(bz), nil
 }
 
+// MustValAddressFromBech32 calls MustValAddressFromBech32 and panics on error.
+func MustValAddressFromBech32(address string) ValAddress {
+	addr, err := ValAddressFromBech32(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return addr
+}
+
 // Returns boolean for whether two ValAddresses are Equal
 func (va ValAddress) Equals(va2 Address) bool {
 	if va.Empty() && va2.Empty() {

types/address_test.go

@@ -567,3 +567,13 @@ func (s *addressTestSuite) TestGetFromBech32() {
 	s.Require().Error(err)
 	s.Require().Equal("invalid Bech32 prefix; expected x, got cosmos", err.Error())
 }
+
+func (s *addressTestSuite) TestMustAccAddressFromBech32() {
+	address := "cosmosvaloper1780p20ce3quhzqxdq0xfeqtnzrjgdraz0kwwjp"
+	valAddress1, err := types.ValAddressFromBech32(address)
+	s.Require().Nil(err)
+
+	valAddress2 := types.MustValAddressFromBech32(address)
+
+	s.Require().Equal(valAddress1, valAddress2)
+}