Naive schema questions

I have a number of web applications which have a large amount of their
logic written in plpgsql. For each particular application I have a
separate instance of a database. If I need to update functions I have to
connect to each database and then run \i fn_function_update.sql.

I imagined schemas might allow me to globally update functions across a
database hosting many schemas with the same structure. In this scenario
my webapp would always connect to the same database, but address
different schemas, so that

    mysolution.schema_A.people would be addressed for site 'A'
    and
    mysolution.schema_B.people would be addressed for site 'B'

(I'm assuming here that I can set the context of the schema at
connection by a plpgsql line that sets the current search path.)

However

     Schemas also contain other kinds of named objects, including data
     types, functions, and operators.
                                      (html reference: ddl-schemas.html)

seems to suggest that the functions are schema specific.

I suppose I'm trying to think of how I might implement the second point
in this list (also from dd-schemas.html):

    There are several reasons why one might want to use schemas:
    - To allow many users to use one database without interfering with
      each other.
    - To organize database objects into logical groups to make them more
      manageable.
    - Third-party applications can be put into separate schemas so they
      cannot collide with the names of other objects.

Thanks for any observations
Rory

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Rory Campbell-Lange
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