This is very strange. The value in the left always appears as less than the value on the right.

?test.test = test.test && .F.
?test.test < test.test && .T.
?oldval(lcField) = oldval(lcField) && .F.
?oldval(lcField) < oldval(lcField) && .T.

This looks like a bug to me, I passed it up the line. I only see it with fields where a numeric overflow leaves the field with a value of *.

>set multilocks on
>create table test ( test n(1) )
>insert into test values (10)
>use in test
>use test
>cursorsetprop( 'buffering', 5 )
>lcField      = field(1)
>llOtherUser  = oldval(lcField)   <> curval(lcField)
>llThisUser   = evaluate(lcField) <> oldval(lcField)
>* Why llOtherUser and llThisUser are both .T. ?
>assert !llOtherUSer
>assert !llThisUSer
>