getBlock does not return the requested block if a number instead of {blockNumber} is passed

[hananbeer]

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Package Version

latest

Current Behavior

I know the intended behavior is to pass an object to the getBlock() function, eg. getBlock({blockNumber})

but if I call getBlock(0x1234) I don't get block 0x1234. I also don't get an error. I get the latest block.
this is highly misleading. it is better to accept block numbers / hashes directly, or just throw an error.

Expected Behavior

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[jxom]

Thanks for the issue! If you are using TypeScript, you will receive an error at build time. It is highly recommended use Viem with TypeScript. Main reason why the API is designed this way (named parameters) is because it reduces ambiguity between a block number vs. block tag vs. block hash, which makes things easier to document and reason about.