Matthew Barnett added the comment:
The help says:
""">>> help(re.escape)
Help on function escape in module re:
escape(pattern)
Escape all the characters in pattern except ASCII letters, numbers and '_'.
"""
The complementary approach is to escape _only_ the metacharacters.
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