py3: use pycompat.bytestr instead of bytes

mercurial/templater.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 b' def tokenize(program, start, end, term=N'
     """Parse a template expression into a stream of tokens, which must end
     with term if specified"""
     pos = start
+    program = pycompat.bytestr(program)
     while pos < end:
         c = program[pos]
         if c.isspace(): # skip inter-token whitespace

mercurial/util.py

@@ -1913,6 +1913,7 b' def strdate(string, format, defaults=Non'
     # add missing elements from defaults
     usenow = False # default to using biased defaults
     for part in ("S", "M", "HI", "d", "mb", "yY"): # decreasing specificity
+        part = pycompat.bytestr(part)
         found = [True for p in part if ("%"+p) in format]
         if not found:
             date += "@" + defaults[part][usenow]