xlink:href breaking the elm virtual dom diffing?

Main.elm

import Html exposing (Html)
import Svg exposing (..)
import Svg.Attributes exposing (..)
import VirtualDom exposing (attributeNS)
import AnimationFrame
import Time exposing (Time)

main =
  Html.program
    { init = init
    , view = view
    , update = update
    , subscriptions = subscriptions
    }

-- MODEL
type alias Model = Time

init : (Model, Cmd Msg)
init =
  (0, Cmd.none)

-- UPDATE

type Msg
  = Tick Time

update : Msg -> Model -> (Model, Cmd Msg)
update msg model =
  case msg of
    Tick newTime ->
      (0, Cmd.none)

-- SUBSCRIPTIONS

subscriptions : Model -> Sub Msg
subscriptions model =
  AnimationFrame.times Tick

-- VIEW

view : Model -> Html Msg
view model =
    let
        justCirc = [ circle [cx "50", cy "50", r "40", strokeWidth "8", stroke "red", fill "red"] [] ]

        symAndUse = 
            [ symbol [id "sym01"] justCirc
            , use [xlinkHref "#sym01", x "0", y "0", width "100", height "100"] []
            ]
    in
        svg [ viewBox "0 0 200 200", width "600px" ]
        --justCirc
        symAndUse