input: Write a function to fix the potential errors in the given Python function that attempts to modify a list while iterating over it. The function should create a copy of the list before iterating and then modify the original list as intended.
  
  def expand_list(list):
      list_copy = list[:]   # make a copy of the list
      for item in list_copy:
          list *= 2
  assert expand_list([1, 2, 3])==[1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]
  assert expand_list(['a', 'b'])==['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b']
  assert expand_list([])==[]
  assert expand_list([0])==[0, 0]
  assert expand_list([True, False])==[True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False, True, False]
output: def expand_list(list):
      list_copy = list[:]
      for item in list_copy:
          list += list