def partitioning_index(df, npartitions):
    """
    Computes a deterministic index mapping each record to a partition.

    Identical rows are mapped to the same partition.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df : DataFrame/Series/Index
    npartitions : int
        The number of partitions to group into.

    Returns
    -------
    partitions : ndarray
        An array of int64 values mapping each record to a partition.
    """
    return hash_object_dispatch(df, index=False) % int(npartitions)