Coldfusion - When to use the “request” scope?

<cfif not structKeyExists(application, "dsn")>
    <cflock scope="application" type="exclusive" timeout="30">
        <cfif not structKeyExists(application, "dsn")>
            <cfset application.dsn = "MyDSN" />
            <cfset foo = "bar" />
            <cfset x = 5 />
        </cfif>
    </cflock>
</cfif>

<cfcomponent>
    <cfset this.name = "myApplicationName" />

    <cffunction name="onApplicationStart" returnType="boolean" output="false">
        <cfset application.dsn = "MyDSN" />
        <cfset foo = "bar" />
        <cfset x = 5 />
        <cfreturn true />
    </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

<cfif not structKeyExists(application, "dsn")>
    <cflock scope="application" type="exclusive" timeout="30">
            <cfset application.dsn = "MyDSN" />
            <cfset foo = "bar" />
            <cfset x = 5 />
    </cflock>
</cfif>