chore: Address constructor now accepts a range of inputs.

[petertonysmith94]

• Closes Improve Address DX #3598

Release notes

In this release, we:

• The Address constructor now accepts a range of different inputs

Summary

• The Address constructor now accepts a range of inputs:
  • an Address instance
  • a B256 string
  • an EVM address string
  • a public key

Checklist

• All changes are covered by tests (or not applicable)
• All changes are documented (or not applicable)
• I reviewed the entire PR myself (preferably, on GH UI)
• I described all Breaking Changes (or there's none)

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[petertonysmith94]

Opened this PR early (need to update documentation, etc), just to ensure this is the direction we wish to pursue. Does anyone have any issues with this approach?

cc @FuelLabs/sdk-ts @LuizAsFight

[Torres-ssf]

Great job @petertonysmith94 🚀

Premature approval

Addressed documentation.

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Coverage Report:

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77.07%(+0.03%)	70.72%(+0.08%)	75.14%(+0.04%)	77.07%(+0.03%)

Changed Files:

Ok	File (✨=New File)	Lines	Branches	Functions	Statements
🔴	packages/account/src/providers/provider.ts	68.46% (-0.09%)	59% (+0.54%)	69.89% (+0%)	68.2% (-0.08%)
🔴	packages/address/src/address.ts	90.69% (-0.21%)	92.85% (+6.19%)	85.71% (+0%)	90.9% (-0.17%)
🔴	packages/address/src/utils.ts	80.95% (+11.72%)	68.75% (+18.75%)	83.33% (+5.56%)	81.39% (+11.02%)