XNA C# Gotcha #1

Thought I would post a problem I encountered and the solution I figured out.

Given:

A class, mySpriteClass, with method:

public Vector2 position { get; set; } // Sprite position on screen

And trying to update position in the game update loop with the following line:

mySprite1.position.X += 1;

Gives the error:

Cannot modify the return value of 'mySpriteClass.position' because it is not a variable

Change

mySprite1.position.X += 1;

to

Vector2 Position = new Vector2(mySprite1.position.X + 1, mySprite1.position.Y);
mySprite1.position = Position;

I thought I knew what is going on here, but when I tried to explain it, it got out of hand. Its something to do with value types vs. reference types.