pass return value of start_background_task to the caller

Author: miguelgrinberg

socketio/server.py

@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def start_background_task(self, target, *args, **kwargs):
         the Python standard library. The `start()` method on this object is
         already called by this function.
         """
-        self.eio.start_background_task(target, *args, **kwargs)
+        return self.eio.start_background_task(target, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def sleep(self, seconds=0):
         """Sleep for the requested amount of time using the appropriate async