[Python] Python equivalent of java-regex Pattern.quote ( \Q and \E )? [duplicate]

In Java the regular expression \Q\s\E will match the literal string "\s" and not whitespace because \Q and \E quote the part of the regex inside them. For quoting a whole string conveniently and with care of the edge-case that the string contains an \E, the Pattern.quote-method exists.

Java even has another way of achieving 'regex-methods without regex-special-characters', and that is to pass Pattern.Literal as a flag when compiling the regex.

With python I can not find any equivalent of Pattern.quote nor do I find an equivalent for the underlying mechanism of \Q and \E. I also see no equivalent of the Pattern.Literal-flag. What are my options here?

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