py3: cast decode() argument to system string
The actual types here may be mixed due to string literals
and variables from other modules. So a cast is necessary.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2166
py3: avoid changing dictionary during iteration
dict.items() and friends are iterators/views in Python 3. You
aren't allowed to mutate the underlying dictionary when iterating
on these views. So iterate over a copy of things.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2164
py3: use raw string for key in **kwargs
Otherwise Python 3 is unhappy. We only set a single key here.
So I don't think pycompat.strkwargs() is necessary.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2163