allowed to override application values via the constructor

src/Silex/Application.php

@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ class Application extends \Pimple implements HttpKernelInterface, TerminableInte
      */
     public function __construct(array $values = array())
     {
-        parent::__construct($values);
-
         $app = $this;
 
         $this['logger'] = null;
@@ -143,6 +141,10 @@ class Application extends \Pimple implements HttpKernelInterface, TerminableInte
         $this['debug'] = false;
         $this['charset'] = 'UTF-8';
         $this['locale'] = 'en';
+
+        foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
+            $this[$key] = $value;
+        }
     }
 
     /**

tests/Silex/Tests/ApplicationTest.php

@@ -48,12 +48,17 @@ class ApplicationTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertInstanceOf('Silex\Controller', $returnValue);
     }
 
-    public function testConstructorInjection ()
+    public function testConstructorInjection()
     {
-        $params = array("param" => "value");
+        // inject a custom parameter
+        $params = array('param' => 'value');
         $app = new Application($params);
-
         $this->assertSame($params['param'], $app['param']);
+
+        // inject an existing parameter
+        $params = array('locale' => 'value');
+        $app = new Application($params);
+        $this->assertSame($params['locale'], $app['locale']);
     }
 
     public function testGetRequest()