Add section to README explaining settings to support ESM and CJS

README.md

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+## ESM and CJS
+To use this library with CommonJS modules you should set the file extension in your project's `rescript.json` to `.res.js`, `.js`, `.res.cjs`, or `.cjs`. This will work with older versions of Node and most web projects using a bundler.
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+To use this library with EcmaScript modules you should set the file extension in your project's `rescript.json` to `.res.mjs`, or `.mjs`.
+This will work with newer versions of Node and web projects using a modern bundler like Vite.
+
 ## What it looks like
 
 All relevant standard library modules are designed to be available directly in