Problem with that example is where do you get `safe`? Passing a template into `db.execute` lets the `db` instance handle safety specifically for the backend it's connected to. Otherwise, you'd need to create a `safe` function with a db connection to properly sanitize a string.
And further, if `safe` just returns a string, you still lose out on the ability for `db.execute` to pass the parameter a different way -- you've lost the information that a variable is being interpolated into the string.
And further, if `safe` just returns a string, you still lose out on the ability for `db.execute` to pass the parameter a different way -- you've lost the information that a variable is being interpolated into the string.