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c - const variable value is changed by using a pointer

The output of the following program is 50 on gcc. How is it possible as x is constant variable and *p is x itself as p is a constant pointer pointing to value at x. Where as turbo c gives compiler error. Is it an undefined behaviour? please explain.

#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    const int x = 25;
    int * const p = &x;
    *p = 2 * x;
    printf("%d", x);
    return 0;
}
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It is possible to change it but the behavior is undefined, as its mentioned in the standard!

Its in c11 under 6.7.3

If an attempt is made to modify an object defined with a const-qualified type through use of an lvalue with non-const-qualified type, the behavior is undefined. If an attempt is made to refer to an object defined with a volatile-qualified type through use of an lvalue with non-volatile-qualified type, the behavior is undefined.


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